National chess champion Nguyen Thi Mai Hung will train in Hungary forone year to seek for women's International Grandmaster (IGM) title.
Hung will face off against chess players around the world in the hopesof joining Vietnam's current list of female IGMs, including ThaoNguyen, Thanh Tu, Bao Tram and Thanh An.
So far this year, the19-year-old has picked up a bronze medal at the U20 Asian Championshipsand a gold medal at the National Competition.
It was three yearsago that the Bac Giang Province-born girl wowed judges when she won theU16 Asian Master event and went on to become a silver medallist at theU16 world tournament.
Hung continued her winning streak thefollowing year, snatching first place at the National Chess tournamentand Southeast Asian Games in 2011.
She attributes her success toone-year training courses she completed in Singapore and Hungary. Hung'straining is currently sponsored by the Vietnam Chess Federation and BacGiang Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.-VNA