The article compares Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, South Africa, built for the 2010 World Cup, with Vietnam's My Đình National Stadium. Moses Mabhida has a 106 m steel arch and a roof membrane of about 46,000 m2 covering roughly 85% of the seats, with capacity of 70,000 for the World Cup and about 56,000 for regular use. Its construction cost is put at about USD 450 million, or 11,700 billion VND, roughly 8.5 times the USD 52.983 million spent on Mỹ Đình, which seats 40,192. After the tournament, the venue was positioned as a sports, entertainment and tourism complex, with a SkyCar ride to the top of the arch.
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Original headline: Huy động 11.700 tỷ đồng để xây sân vận động lớn gần gấp đôi Mỹ Đình: Riêng phần mái rộng 46.000 m2, sức chứa 70.000 chỗ ngồi
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