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My Dinh National Stadium
My Dinh National Stadium The area provides training facilities for the teams
Sân vận động Quốc gia Mỹ Đình with two football training grounds conveniently located
next to the stadium.
Description
Components
The majority pitch is a multi-functional stadium: football
pitch has sized 120m x 90m, athletic competitions com-
bined with 8 way curve run has length of 400 m and 10
straight line running has length of 110 m, 2 high jump
pitchs, 2 weight throw pitch, pole vault, hammer throw,
2 zones of double pole vault, two zones of double long
jump. Total area (a main courtyard, two training ground):
Location Từ Liêm District, Hanoi, Vietnam 17.5 ha.
The majority pitch has 4 stands: western and eastern
Broke ground 2002
stands are two floor height 25.8 m; northern and south-
Opened 2003 ern stands have a floor height 8.4 m. Around the stadium
features 419 multi-use rooms. The lighting system con-
Owner Vietnamese Government
sists of 355 ground balls, which are arranged in four
Operator Vietnam Football Federation columns, height 54 m. Stadium roof weighs 2,300 tons,
Capacity 40,192
aperture of156m and diameter of 1.1 m.
Capacity of 40,192 seats (450 VIP seats, 160 seats for
Tenants journalists) and the center of the Vietnam’s National
2003 Southeast Asian Games Sports Complex.
2007 AFC Asian Cup
Vietnam (2003-present) Location
Vietnam (Women) (2003-present)
Located on Lê Đức Thọ street. It is about 10 kilometres
southwest of Hanoi capital centre, My Dinh Stadium is a
My Dinh National Stadium (Vietnamese: Sân vận động
stadium has a capacity of Vietnam’s second largest (af-
Quốc gia Mỹ Đình) is a multi-use stadium in My Dinh rural
ter the Cần Thơ Stadium, can accommodate about 50,000
commune, Tu Liem District, Hanoi (Vietnam). It has a
people). Cost to build the My Dinh National Stadium is
capacity of 40,192 seats and is the centerpiece of Viet-
52,983 million USD, with the successful bidder is HISG
nam’s National Sports Complex. It was officially opened
Group (China). However, after completing many major
in September 2003 and was the main venue for the South-
violations were found.
east Asian Games later that year, hosting the opening and
closing ceremony as well as the men’s football and ath-
letics events. Events
The stadium is home to the Vietnam national football
team, and hosts its home international friendly matches. Sports
It was also home to Thể Công from 2005 to 2008. Then, it
My Dinh Stadium official operation on September 2, 2003
is home to Viettel FC from 2010
with the opening friendly match between the Vietnam
Located in Tu Liem district, 10 kilometres north-west
U23 with the club Shanghai Shenhua playing at Chinese
of central Hanoi, the 40,000-seat stadium is the second
Super League.
biggest in the country and was built at a cost of US$53
This stadium was held 2003 Southeast Asian Games
million. Arched roofs cover the grandstands on the east
(opening ceremony, football and athletics, closing cere-
and west sides of the arena, providing shelter for half of
mony).
the seats.
In July 2007, My Dinh Stadium was held Group B of
2007 AFC Asian Cup with Quân khu 7 Stadium (Ho Chi
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia My Dinh National Stadium
Minh City), quarter-final match (Japan vs Australia) and October 1, 2011, the Irish boyband Westlife put a stop
semi-final match (Japan vs Saudi Arabia). here as a part of their Gravity Tour; about 11,000 people
My Dinh Stadium was held the opening ceremony of attended the concert.
the 2009 Asian Indoor Games from October 30, 2009 to
November 8.
In December 2010, it was held Group B of 2010 AFF
References
Suzuki Cup from December 2 to December 8. [1] Thế Ngọc (February 22, 2008). "Nam Định ’di cư’ lên
In addition, this stadium was held the many domestic Mỹ Đình đá Cup C1 châu Á" (in Vietnamese).
and international football competition: Ngoisao.net. Ngoisao.net. http://ngoisao.net/tin-
• 2008 AFC Champions League (Nam Định selected this tuc/ben-le/2008/02/nam-dinh-di-cu-len-my-dinh-
stadium as their own Thien Truong Stadium did not da-cup-c1-chau-a-93636/. Retrieved December 5,
meet AFC criteria[1]). 2011.
• 2010 VFF Cup. [2] Dương Nghiệp Khôi (July 29, 2011). "Thông báo số
• 2011 V-League (25th round match between Hà Nội 29 Giải VĐQG Eximbank 2011" (in Vietnamese).
ACB and Sông Lam Nghệ An[2]). VFF.org.vn. Vietnam Football Federation.
• 2011 VFF Cup. http://www.vff.org.vn/
default.aspx?mod=DetailNews&fNewsID=16453&fCatID=272&fSncI
Entertainment events Retrieved July 30, 2011.
My Dinh National Stadium has hosted many entertain-
ment events. On January 10, 2010, VTV held a concert See also
featuring local famous singers. On March 27, 2010, a MTV
• List of stadiums
Exit concert was held here with the appearance of Super
Coordinates: 21°1′14″N 105°45′49.7″E / 21.02056°N
Junior, a Korean boyband, Kate Miller, an Australian
105.763806°E / 21.02056; 105.763806
singer along with many Vietnamese singers. Recently, on
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