Vietnam families to bury victims of UK truck tragedy


Never too young to grieve A young niece of Hoang Van Tiep holding his portrait on a coffin bearing his remains during a funeral in Dien Chau district, Nghe An province in Vietnam. The families of some of the 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck in Britain prepared for emotional burials for their children after an agonising weeks-long wait to bring their bodies home. — AFP

Can Loc, Vietnam, Nov 28,2019 (AFP) - The families of some of the 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck in Britain prepared for emotional burials for their children Thursday after an agonising weeks-long wait to bring their bodies home.

The first of the remains arrived in Vietnam Wednesday morning before being quickly shuttled to their homes in the centre of the country, where many of the victims came from.

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