HANOI, Oct 29 (NNN-VNA) – British authorities, sent Vietnam, records of four victims, among the 39 dead in a refrigerated truck, in the British county of Essex, for identity verification, Vietnamese Foreign Ministry said.
“Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security received the files to connect information and verify victims’ identity,” the Deputy Foreign Minister, Bui Thanh Son, said, Monday.
On the same day, British Ambassador to Vietnam, Gareth Ward, held a meeting with representatives from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security, to further exchange information regarding the case.
“As of now, we have not received confirmation as to who these people are and where they are from,” the ambassador said, adding that, he had discussed with the ministry on how they would work closely together, during the process of victim identification.
Working groups of the Ministry of Public Security came to central Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces, to assess information of the missing cases reported recently, and investigate whether they were illegally taken abroad.
As of Monday, 24 families from the two provinces – 14 from Nghe An and 10 from Ha Tinh – have reported their relatives missing in Britain and Europe, following the Essex lorry incident.
Police of the two provinces have taken hair and nail samples from families who reported missing members, feared to be among the deceased 39, for verification.
Thirty-nine bodies, including eight women and 31 men, were found on Oct 23, in a refrigerated lorry container, travelling to Britain from the Belgian port of Zeebrugge.– NNN-VNA