Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked the World Chess Federation (FIDE) to help Vietnam with the organisation of big tournaments and refereeing work.
Eight Vietnamese chess players will attend the World Youth U14, U16, U18 Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2017 to take place in Greek from October 27.
Vietnamese chess players Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son won another gold medal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in Turkmenistan on September 26.
Chinese chess grandmaster Wang Hao (elo 2,707) has become the champion of the sixth HDBank Cup International Open Chess Championship 2016 held in Ho Chi Minh City from March 8-13.
Vietnamese top grandmasters are expected to face a tough challenge with contenders around the world during the sixth HDBank Cup International Open Chess Championship 2016.
Vietnamese chess players Nguyen Anh Khoi and Nguyen Thi Mai Hung secured top titles at the JAPFA 3rd ASEAN Championships 2015 in Jakarta , Indonesia on December 30.
Swimmer Hoang Quy Phuoc brought home a gold medal in the men's 100m
freestyle at the ongoing Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games in
Incheon, the Republic of Korea, on July 3.
Vietnamese chess players sealed their imprint at 2013 Asian Youth Chess
Championships that took place in Sari city, Mazandaran, Iran, from June
19-27, as they walked away four golds, four silvers and seven bronzes,
ranking second.
Two young Vietnamese chess players have won double gold at the 2012
Asian Youth Chess Championships, bringing the total gold medals for the
team to six.
Vietnam is being tipped as one of top teams in their group after beating
rivals Uzbekistan and Iceland on the third day of the 39 th World
Chess Olympics, being held in the Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiysk,
Russia from September 19-Oct. 4.
Vietnamese chess players won three gold and one bronze medals at the
Asian Junior Chess Championships 2010, which concluded in Beijing ,
China , on July 14.
