Vietnam builds facility to serve Asian Indoor Games
9/7/2008 17:43
Vietnam is building an indoor athletics hall with investment of US$34.1
million to serve its hosting of 3rd Asian Indoor Games next October, according
to local newspaper Youth today.
Covering an area of 3.4 hectares in Hanoi
capital, the hall will have 3,110 seats. Its construction started on July
8.
Some 5,000 athletes and trainers, and 800 referees, technical staff and
sports officials from 45 countries and regions are expected to attend the 3rd
Asian Indoor Game, the Vietnam Olympic Committee told Xinhua recently.
At the
2nd Asian Indoor Games from Oct. 26 to Nov. 3, 2007 in Macau, China with the
participation of 1,792 athletes from 45 countries and regions, Vietnam ranked
the 13th with two gold, five silver and 11 bronze medals.
China's mainland
topping the medal table of that tournament with 52 gold, 26 silver and 24 bronze
medals, followed by Thailand with 19-28-22 and Hong Kong, China with
15-9-11.
The 2007 games included 15 events: Aerobics, Billiards, Bowling,
Chess, Dance Sport, Dragon and Lion Dance, Electronic Sports, Extreme Sports,
Futsal, Hoop Sepaktakraw, Indoor Athletics, Indoor Cycling, Indoor Hockey, Muay
and Swimming.
Xinhua
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