The first one, HDBank Cup Open Chess Tournament, will be held from March 1-8 in HCM City, where the winners are set to walk away with a bonus of US$30,000.

In the tournament's first edition in 2011, Vietnamese player Nguyen Thi Mai Hung successfully took the women's title while Yu Yangyi of China won the men's category.

The second event is the Asian Continental Chess Championships in May. Winners of the event will receive an official ticket to the World Cup, to be held in Norway from August 10-September 5.

At the Asian championship in Iran last year, Vietnamese International Grandmaster Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son pocketed a bronze in the men's pool while his girlfriend Pham Le Thao Nguyen won a silver medal.

The third competition is the ASEAN and Age Groups Chess Championship in June in Hue City. Vietnam are the defending champions in the age group event with 51 gold, 21 silver and 30 bronze medals pocketed in Indonesia at the tournament in June last year.