Vietnam Open (Badminton): Dates, Tickets & Venue (Ho Chi Minh City)

A Super 100 week on Nguyen Du street

This is badminton at close range. The Vietnam Open is a BWF Super 100 event, the entry tier of the Badminton World Federation’s World Tour. That tier is where rising players pick up ranking points and established names test their form.

The 2026 tournament is the 21st edition. It takes place at Nguyen Du Club, a sports club on Nguyen Du street in District 1, the city’s central district. The field is mostly Asian. Players and supporters come from China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan, along with the Vietnamese players who bring out the home crowd.

How the tournament week runs

Super 100 events follow a set pattern. Five disciplines are played:

• Men’s singles
• Women’s singles
• Men’s doubles
• Women’s doubles
• Mixed doubles

The early days are packed. Qualifying and first-round matches often run on several courts at once, so you can watch one rally and hear another court behind it. The draw narrows each day, and the semi-finals and finals are played on a single court over the final weekend.

Many regulars rate the early rounds as the best value. You see more matches, more nations and more upsets before the draw shrinks. The 2026 dates sit on the BWF World Tour calendar, which lists every sanctioned event. Earlier editions have mostly been played in September.

Getting to Nguyen Du Club

The club is in District 1, so getting there is easy. It sits near the corner of Nguyen Du and Cach Mang Thang Tam, with Tao Dan Park beside it. Ben Thanh Market and the Independence Palace are both a short walk away.

Metro Line 1 stops at Ben Thanh station, roughly a 15-minute walk from the club. Most visitors simply use Grab, which offers cars and motorbike taxis (GrabBike). The app shows the fare before you ride, so no haggling is needed. Hotels across District 1 and the Ben Thanh area put you within walking distance.

September falls in the city’s rainy season. Heavy downpours often arrive in the afternoon and usually pass within an hour. Fans moving between sessions tend to wait out the rain under shopfront awnings, then flag a ride.

Courtside manners at a badminton hall

Badminton crowds have their own rules. The shuttle is light and the players need to hear it, so the hall goes quiet during rallies. The noise comes between points.

What experienced spectators usually do:

• Stay in their seats while a rally is live and move only between points or at the change of ends
• Keep camera flash off, because it can distract players tracking a fast shuttle
• Save the loudest cheering for the end of a rally. Vietnamese fans chant “Việt Nam!” for home players
• Keep phones on silent, since a ringtone carries clearly across a quiet court

The tournament’s Vietnamese name is Giải Cầu lông Việt Nam Mở rộng. It is useful when you ask a driver or read local sports coverage. Street vendors and small eateries nearby mostly take cash in Vietnamese đồng, while Grab and larger restaurants accept cards and in-app payment.

Tickets and entry

The tournament organiser sets the entry arrangements and prices for each edition. This guide prints no figure because none appears in the facts we have. At Super 100 level, admission works differently from the big Super 1000 arenas. The atmosphere is closer to a club championship than a stadium show.

Spectators often split their time: early-round sessions for volume, finals day for the trophies. Seating at a club venue is limited compared with a large arena. That makes the last two days the most sought after.

Between sessions in District 1

Breaks between matches are long enough to explore. The club’s location makes that simple.

• Tao Dan Park: shaded paths right beside the venue, with locals exercising in the mornings
• Ben Thanh Market: covered stalls selling food, fabric and souvenirs, a few minutes on foot
• Independence Palace: the 1960s modernist presidential palace, also within walking distance
• Pham Ngu Lao and Bui Vien: the backpacker streets, lined with cheap phở and bánh mì spots

A visit of two or three days covers the knockout rounds and a good slice of the city. Fans who come for finals day alone often add a morning at the palace or the market before play starts.