2009 SEA Games facilities in Laos make progress
A taekwondo training centre and the new "Olympasia" indoor stadium at the National University of Laos will house the wrestling and sepak takraw events at the 25 th SEA Games in Vientiane in 2009.
The Booyoung Company from the Republic of Korea donated US$300,000 (about 2.7 billion kip) in July last year to the Lao National Sports Committee to finance the construction of the taekwondo training centre.
The Lao National Sports Committee is overseeing the building of the training centre, which is scheduled for completion in April this year.
The Lao taekwondo team will train there in preparation for the 25 th SEA Games.
However, work on the Olympasia indoor stadium has come to a halt due to budget constraints.
Its construction was planned in two phases, with the first from January to June, 2006, at a cost of US$140,000 (about 1.2 billion kip).
When more funding is secured, it is planned that the stadium will seat 700. It will be 36 metres wide and 42 metres in length, with a height of 18 metres.
By Sangkhomsay Bubphanouvong
Vientianetimes
