{"id":1062,"date":"2026-04-09T02:45:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/venue\/mb-bank-sports-palace-hanoi\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T19:07:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:07:58","slug":"mb-bank-sports-palace-hanoi","status":"publish","type":"venue","link":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/venue\/mb-bank-sports-palace-hanoi\/","title":{"rendered":"MB Bank Sports Palace (Hanoi) | Venue of the PPA's first Asian tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>My Dinh Indoor Athletics Arena<\/strong>is a large indoor sports facility in Hanoi, Vietnam. It opened in September 2009 and was used as a main venue for the 3rd Asian Indoor Games. In 2022 it also served as the closing ceremony venue for the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games, postponed from 2021 due to COVID-19).<\/p>\n<h2>Venue of the MB Hanoi Cup 2026<\/h2>\n<p>Held April 1\u20135, 2026, it was the venue of the<a href=\"\/en\/tournament\/mb-hanoi-cup-2026\/\">PPA Asia 1000 MB Hanoi Cup 2026<\/a>. It handled the running of a large international tournament with around 800 players, and<a href=\"\/en\/player\/ben-johns\/\">Ben Johns<\/a>and<a href=\"\/en\/player\/anna-leigh-waters\/\">Anna Leigh Waters<\/a>an environment was set up where you could watch play by the world's top players, including<\/p>\n<h2>Pickleball in Vietnam<\/h2>\n<p>Vietnam is one of the countries where pickleball's popularity is rising rapidly within Southeast Asia.<a href=\"\/en\/player\/ly-hoang-nam\/\">Ly Hoang Nam,<\/a>. With results such as the men's singles title and the success of the MB Hanoi Cup, more international tournaments are expected to be held in Hanoi going forward.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Articles<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/tournament\/mb-hanoi-cup-2026\/\">MB Hanoi Cup 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/player\/ly-hoang-nam\/\">Ly Hoang Nam<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Reference Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hanoi_Indoor_Games_Gymnasium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikipedia &#8211; My Dinh Indoor Athletics Arena<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppatour-asia.com\/tournament\/2026\/hanoi-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PPA Asia MB Hanoi Cup official<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ssp_meta_description":"MB\u30d0\u30f3\u30af\u30fb\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\u30fb\u30d1\u30ec\u30b9\uff08\u30cf\u30ce\u30a4\uff09\u306e\u30b3\u30fc\u30c8\u60c5\u5831\u30fb\u8a2d\u5099\u30fb\u30a2\u30af\u30bb\u30b9\u3092\u7d39\u4ecb\u3002\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u30eb\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u65bd\u8a2d\u30ac\u30a4\u30c9\u3002","swell_btn_cv_data":""},"categories":[34,11],"tags":[123,65,14,130],"region":[2093],"venue_area":[247],"venue_type":[250],"venue_surface":[256],"venue_indoor":[262],"venue_facility":[267],"venue_booking":[272],"venue_fee":[278],"class_list":["post-1062","venue","type-venue","status-publish","hentry","category-coart","category-vietnam","tag-year-2026","tag-asia","tag-vietnam","tag-facility","region-vietnam-rg","venue_area-vietnam","venue_type-permanent-court","venue_surface-hard-court","venue_indoor-outdoor","venue_facility-rental-equipment","venue_booking-individual-booking","venue_fee-500-to-1500"],"acf":{"address_text":"","lat":"","lng":"","court_count":"","photo_url":null,"place_id":"","reservation_url":"","official_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/venue\/1062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/venue"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/venue"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"venue_area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/venue_area?post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"venue_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/venue_type?post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"venue_surface","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/venue_surface?post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"venue_indoor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/venue_indoor?post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"venue_facility","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/venue_facility?post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"venue_booking","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/venue_booking?post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"venue_fee","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/venue_fee?post=1062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}