RIO DE JANEIRO， June 30 (Xinhua) -- Construction work on Rio's Olympic Park has reached 99% completion as the city finalizes preparations for the first Olympic Games in South America.
Five of the nine venues at the park are ready: Arena Carioca 1 (basketball)， Arena Carioca 2 (judo， wrestling)， Arena Carioca 3 (taekwondo， fencing)， Future Arena (handball) and the aquatic centre (swimming)， Rio's city government said in a statement.
The announcement comes just six days before Rio begins its one-month countdown until the Olympic opening ceremony at the Maracana stadium.
Despite the advanced stage of construction at most venues， laborers are still completing work on the velodrome， a warmup pool at the Maria Lenk Aquatic center， two tennis courts and access ramps at Olympic Arena.
Media facilities and the Olympic Park hotel are ready.
A joint venture between the public and private sectors， Olympic Park has been built at a cost of 2.3 billion reais (around 710 million U.S. dollars).
The Olympic Games will be staged from August 5 to 21. They will be followed by the Paralympic Games from September 7 to 18.
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Other estimations also indicate that Macron garnered between 65 to 66.1 percent of votes, and Le Pen between 33.9 to 35 percent.
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TEHRAN puma creepers velvet burgundy , May 18 (Xinhua) -- The Iranian presidential hopeful, Mostafa Agha-Mirsalim, withdrew from the race to back conservative nominee Ebrahim Raisi, state IRIB TV reported on Thursday.
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The ICP, to which Agha-Mirsalim is affiliated, urged the people to actively participate in the Friday vote for the presidential election.
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HANOI, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Reinforcing and bolstering the friendly and cooperative relations between Vietnam and China in a sound, stable manner are in line with principal and long-term benefits of the two peoples, Vietnamese deputy prime minister said here on Thursday.
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