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Essex lorry incident: Bodies, ashes of remaining victims brought home

Essex lorry incident: Bodies, ashes of remaining 23 victims brought home

The bodies and ashes of the remaining 23 victims in the Essex lorry incident arrived at Noi Bai international airport, Hanoi on November 30.
Essex lorry incident: Bodies, ashes of remaining 23 victims brought home ảnh 1The bodies and ashes of the remaining 23 victims in the Essex lorry incident arrive at Noi Bai international airport (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The bodies and ashes of theremaining 23 victims in the Essex lorry incident arrived at Noi Baiinternational airport, Hanoi on November 30.

The victims were among the 39 found dead in a refrigeratedlorry in Essex, the northeast of London, on November 23.

Earlier on November 27, the Foreign Ministry also partneredwith Vietnamese and UK authorities to transport the bodies of 16 victims home.

The repatriation of the victims’ bodies and ashes was theresult of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s instruction and concerted effortsof the Foreign Ministry, the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK and related agenciesand local authorities in working closely with the UK side, guiding the victims’families in completing necessary procedures and organizing the transportation.

The Vietnam Airlines Corporation also provided activesupport for the repatriation.

The verification, citizen protection and transportation ofvictims home were conducted in a humanitarian spirit and in accordance withinternational law as well aslaws and customs of both countries./.

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