The city library headquarters is the first architectural competition project of Can Tho City to be built soon - Photo: LE DAN
On March 12, Mr. Le Minh Cuong - Director of the Can Tho City Construction Investment Project Management Board - said that he is completing procedures to start construction of the city library in the third quarter.
This is the first architecturally selected headquarters project of the city to be built.
Can Tho City Library was built at the old location (No. 1 Phan Dinh Phung Street, Tan An Ward, Ninh Kieu District) and expanded the adjacent land area to the Department of Foreign Affairs, the area after expansion is nearly 2,500m2 .
The design scale accommodates a maximum of about 800 people at the same time, including 1,500 bookshelves with a capacity of at least 950,000 books, with a total of 1,000 seats.
The project has 7 floors and a roof, in which the basement is arranged for exhibition, event organization, cinema room, bookstore; the first floor is arranged for the main hall combined with exhibition, event organization, book cafe...
Floors 3 to 5 are arranged for common reading rooms, book storage and document processing.
The city library is invested by the Can Tho City Construction Investment Project Management Board, with a total investment of 167 billion VND, and is expected to be operational by the end of 2026.
Currently, the city library has also moved to another location to serve the construction of the new headquarters.
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