(VOVworld) - Vietnam has assisted more than 100 foreign reporters in news reports on the missing Malaysian Airliner. The chief correspondent of the Chinese Xinhua News Agency in Hanoi, Zhang Jian Hua, said 10 permanent reporters from his agency had been dispatched to Hanoi and Phu Quoc island. He is thankful to the Vietnamese government support for the search efforts: “Vietnam has mobilized a large force to join the international search  efforts, including naval, marine police and fishermen. They have shown their international humanitarian spirit and dignity, thanks to the due attention of the Party and State of Vietnam.”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Press Department has received requests from more than 90 reporters from 25 countries for permission to work in the search area.  Department Deputy Director, Nguyen Thi Thai Thong said: “We have been directed to provide an efficient service at the request of foreign reporters. We have cooperated with our missions in China and Malaysia to assist in granting visas for reporters in need and help them gain access to the searching area.”