The top three seeds in the tournament are Chen Long and Chen Jin of China and Simon Santoso of Indonesia.
According to a draw result published by the World Badminton Federation yesterday, Minh will play against Rajiv Ouseph from England in the first round. The Vietnamese player and his rival have climbed one step in the latest world rankings. Minh now ranks No 10 while Ouseph is in 27th place.
If he defeats the English player, Minh will go on to compete against the winner of the match between Sweden's Henri Hurskainen and India's Parupalli Kashyap.
