Ministry helps speed up identification of UK container tragedy victims
Foreign Ministry helps accelerate identification of UK container tragedy victims
Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been working hard to support the British side to speed up the process of identifying the nationalities and names of the victims of a tragedy in which 39 people were found dead in a container truck in Essex county of the UK on October 23.
The container in which 39 victims were found dead (Photo: Reuters/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Ministry of Foreign Affairs has beenworking hard to support the British side to speed up the process of identifyingthe nationalities and names of the victims of a tragedy in which 39 people werefound dead in a container truck inEssex county of the UK on October 23.
The ministryhas cooperated closely with the Ministry of Public Security and relevantlocalities to clarify information and support the seeking of people who havebeen reportedly missing in the UK.
The ministryhas also collaborated with the UK Embassy in Vietnam to accelerate the definingof nationalities and names of the victims.
So far, thedomestic citizen protection hotline has received requests for help from 14families who reported that their relatives have gone missing in the UK. TheConsular Department has given guidelines to the families and asked for theircooperation.
The VietnameseEmbassy in the UK has kept contact with the police in Essex and relevantBritish agencies to update information, while sending information to theBritish side, and preparing necessary citizen protection measures in case thereare Vietnamese victims in the tragedy.
Anyone needingassistance related to the case can contact the Embassy of Vietnam in the UK viaits hotline for assisting overseas Vietnamese at 44 7713181 501 or Vietnam’s citizen protection hotline at 84 981 84 84 84./.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked the Vietnamese Embassy of in the UK to work closely with local police to verify nationalities of victims of a tragedy in which 39 people found dead in a container at Waterglade industrial park in Essex on October 23.
The Vietnamese Embassy in the UK has said it is ready to take citizen protection measures if any of the 39 people found dead in a container at Waterglade industrial park in Essex on October 23 are confirmed to be from Vietnam.
The Ministry of Public Security has directed the Social Order-Related Crime Investigating Police Department to work with the central provinces of Ha Tinh and Nghe An to verify information of local residents who reportedly went missing while moving from France to the UK.
Chinese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Geng Shuang on October 28 firmed that the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam is keeping close contacts with Vietnamese agencies for the case of 39 people found dead in a container truck in the UK.
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The container in which 39 victims were found dead (Photo: Reuters/VNA) 
