Hung wins world chess silver
The Bac Giang-born girl finished second in the girl's U16 category with 8.5 points after 11 matches, level with gold medal winner Nastassia Ziaziukina of Belarus, but lost out on sub-criteria.
The bronze went to Lisa Schut of the Netherlands.
Hung also pocketed an individual gold and a team silver medal at the Asian Youth Chess Championships held in China in July.
Her senior, Hoang Thi Nhu Y, added a bronze for Vietnam in the girl's U18 category. Y had a slow start to the competition but came through strongly in the latter half of the tournament to finish on eight points.
The gold and silver medals went to Kazimova Marmin Nizami of Azerbaijan and Cori Deysi of Peru.
In the boy's competition, former world U8 champion Tran Minh Thang finished 25th in the U10 pool and his brother could only manage 11th in the U14 class.
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