In 2008 Daren Liew made it to the semi-finals of the Smiling Fish and the quarter-finals of the Vietnam International. In 2009 he was able to advance to the quarter finals of the Malaysia International and the Malaysia Open. At the Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold 2010 he made it to the semi-finals, at the Vietnam Open 2011 to the quarter-finals. In 2009 he took part in the Southeast Asian Games.