Hanoi-based My Dinh Stadium repaired to host SEA Games 31
The upgrade and repair process of the national stadium is expected to be completed next March and April, and will not affect the 2022 World Cup qualifiers of the Vietnamese team.
Vietnam will repair the My Dinh National Stadium, the heart of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), in Hanoi. Many items will be upgraded, including all the seats and function rooms.
My Dinh National Stadium was opened in 2003 to host the Southeast Asian Games (SEA) at a cost of almost $ 53 million. Its four stands A, B, C, D have capacity for more than 40,000 people. After 17 years of operation, many elements of the My Dinh Stadium have deteriorated. |
Many areas at stands C and D are sinking and deteriorating. |
Excavators in operation in stands C and D to serve the repair and improvement of the stadium. |
The reparation site at stand C. |
Stand C at the national stadium |
The deteriorated rows of seats. |
Bird's eye view shows a degraded stadium which needs urgent repair. |
The light poles have rusted over time and have not been repaired for a long time. |
The number of seats at the stands C and D will remain unchanged. |
The two stands are the first items to be repaired with an approximate cost of VND150 billion (US$6.5 million) funded by the SEA Games organization budget. |
An area between stands B and C of the stadium |
The first among the degraded items, which need to be repaired for SEA Games 31 is the pitch. This item was last renovated in 2011-2012. |
Aerial view of My Dinh Stadium |
A corner of the stadium |
In 2016, My Dinh Stadium underwent minor reparations with funding of about VND40 billion (US$1.7 million) from the State budget, including the entire track field. |
