Deputy FM holds working sessions with UK authorities on lorry incident
Vietnam will continue close coordination with the UK to accelerate the identification of victims in the lorry tragedy in Essex last week, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung said during his working sessions with UK authorities.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung has working sessions with UK authorities on the lorry tragedy in Essex last week. (Photo: VNA)
London (VNA) – Vietnam will continue close coordination with the UKto accelerate the identification of victims in the lorry tragedy in Essex lastweek, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung said during his workingsessions with UK authorities.
On November 5, the Deputy FM worked with Parliamentary Under Secretary of State(Minister for Asia and the Pacific) at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office HeatherWheeler; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Home Office SeemaKennedy; Senior Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray; and Director-General Economicand Global Issues at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Menna Rawlings.
The Vietnamese diplomat took the occasion to thank the UK side for their activecooperation, saying Vietnamese authorities will carry out citizen protectionmeasures if necessary and hope to receive support from the UK in the process.
He asked the UK to speed up the investigation into the case, mete out strictpunishments to the wrongdoers, and enhance coordination with Vietnam to preventthe crime of illegal transporting migrants.
Earlier on November 4, Dung had working sessions with representatives from theUK Department of Home Affairs and Essex police, signed funeral book and paid floraltribute to the 39 victims in the incident.
He also instructed the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK to work closely withauthorities in the host nation and get citizen protection measures ready incase of necessity./.
Two separate groups of public security and foreign affairs officials departed for the United Kingdom at the weekend, following news that all victims in the Essex lorry tragedy were believed to be Vietnamese.
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Deputy Foreign Minister To Anh Dung on November 4 held working sessions with representatives from the UK Home Office, signed funeral book and laid a wreath for the 39 victims found dead in Essex, northeast of London.
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Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung has working sessions with UK authorities on the lorry tragedy in Essex last week. (Photo: VNA) 
