Deputy Foreign Minister To Anh Dung lays flower in tribute to 39 victims (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Foreign Ministry’s deputy spokespersonNgo Toan Thang said on November 7 that Vietnam and the UK have been workingactively together to accelerate the identification of 39 victims found dead in acontainer truck in Essex, the southeast of the UK.
During a regular press conference in Hanoi on November 7,Thang told reporters that following the Prime Minister’s directions, DeputyForeign Minister To Anh Dung led an inter-sectoral delegation to the UK to workwith local authorities on the case from November 3.
While in the UK, Dung held a series of working sessions withUK government officials from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the Home Office,judges and Essex police representatives.
Thang said concrete information on the case will beannounced early.
According to him, police in Vietnam’s central province ofNghe An launched criminal proceedings against the illegal organization ofmigration. So far nine persons have been arrested in connection with the case./.
During a regular press conference in Hanoi on November 7,Thang told reporters that following the Prime Minister’s directions, DeputyForeign Minister To Anh Dung led an inter-sectoral delegation to the UK to workwith local authorities on the case from November 3.
While in the UK, Dung held a series of working sessions withUK government officials from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the Home Office,judges and Essex police representatives.
Thang said concrete information on the case will beannounced early.
According to him, police in Vietnam’s central province ofNghe An launched criminal proceedings against the illegal organization ofmigration. So far nine persons have been arrested in connection with the case./.
VNA
