The press center has a capacity of 300 seats in the main room and is equipped with high-speed internet transmission, television screens, and laptops for domestic and international reporters to work in the most convenient way.

 Delegates attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the media center.

According to the Director of the SEA Games 31 Press Center, Le Thi Hoang Yen, the center is open for all reporters who are the bearers of the pool card issued by the Organizing Committee.

Economic & Urban Newspaper’s reporters work at the Press Center. Photo: Trong Tai

 Coming to Hanoi for the first time on the occasion of SEA Games 31, Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) reporter Zulfadhli Zulkarnair said that after a long period affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, journalists now have the chance to participate in a regional event: “I am very excited about coming to Hanoi and meeting with many people in the capital city. They are likable and friendly when they help us. Although I had a bit of a language barrier, I was guided by them wholeheartedly when I found my way to good restaurants or money changers.”

A journalist at work. The Organizing Committee will release a newsletter of SEA Games 31 in Vietnamese and English to update about the Games.

A Vietnamese journalist at the photo exhibition, which has been set up outside the media center.

The photo exhibition of Vietnamese sports athletes attracts numerous viewers.