Vietnam, UK to accelerate identification of UK container tragedy victims
(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been working hard to speed up the process of identifying the victims of last week’s tragedy in which 39 people froze to death in a container truck in Essex county, the UK.
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The Ministry has cooperated closely with the Ministry of Public Security, the UK embassy in Hanoi and relevant localities.
14 families in Vietnam have reported that their relatives have gone missing in the UK.
The Vietnamese Embassy in the UK has kept in contact with the police in Essex and relevant British agencies to exchange information while preparing necessary citizen protection measures in case there are Vietnamese victims in the tragedy.
Anyone needing assistance related to the case can contact the Embassy of Vietnam in the UK via its hotline for assisting overseas Vietnamese at +44 7713 181 501 or Vietnam’s citizen protection hotline at +84 981 84 84 84.
The 39 bodies were found in a lorry trailer at an industrial park in Grays, Essex, last Wednesday.
Signing in a book of condolence, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the world was been "shocked by this tragedy".
DNA tests are being carried out in Vietnam to help identify the victims.