Almotamar.net, SABA - Vice President Abdu Rabu Mansur Hadi was briefed in Sana'a on Wednesday on the details of the Grand National Library establishment to be built in Sana'a.

During his meeting with Hadi, the head of the Chinese technical delegation assigned to carry out the project's survey and designs as well as to construct the library said that the construction works will commence at the beginning of 2009.

This project is a fruit of the Chinese Vice President visit to Yemen lately, Hadi said.

He added the Yemeni-Chinese relations would witness great improvement in the future, highlighting the success of Chinese companies working in Yemen in oil and gas domains.

The Grand National Library is to be built on 96,000 M� in Sana'a amounting to $40 million. It includes a theater of 800 seats capacity, halls for meetings and a floor only for scripts and historical documents in addition to libraries for people with special needs.


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