Bodies of 2 workers who died in Laos brought back to Nghe An

Mr. Tran Duy Liem - Chairman of Tan Thanh Commune People's Committee (Yen Thanh) said: at 5:00 a.m. on January 13, the body of Mr. Phan Van Thai (born in 1993) was brought home.

The Vietnamese community in Laos came to pay their respects to Thai and Tuan. Photo: Khanh An

At the same time, the body of Vo Van Tuan (born in 1985) was also brought home in Phu Thanh commune (Yen Thanh).

Early this afternoon, January 13, local authorities and relatives will hold a funeral for Mr. Tuan and Mr. Thai according to local customs.

Mr. Dang Thien Nhan (a worker from Yen Thanh working in Laos) - the person who brought the bodies of Mr. Tuan and Mr. Thai back to their hometown said: Mr. Thai and Mr. Tuan did not have insurance, the company compensated 20,000 USD and 3 million Lao kip/person (about 460 million VND/person).

The Lao Ministry of Security and Lao authorities have launched an investigation to clarify the work accident at a hydroelectric project that killed two men.

Personal belongings of Mr. Thai and Mr. Tuan. Photo: Khanh An

Bodies of 2 Nghe An workers who died in Laos cannot be brought home yet

(Baonghean.vn) - At noon on January 12, relatives of the two workers who died in the scaffolding collapse in Laos were still waiting at La Lay International Border Gate (Quang Tri) to receive the coffins carrying the two bodies back home.

As reported, on the morning of January 11, Mr. Tuan and Mr. Thai were working at the Muong Khong Hydropower Plant (Laos) when the scaffolding collapsed and they died.

A Vietnamese woman who came to pay her respects knew that Tuan and Thai were in difficult circumstances and that the cost of hiring a car to transport their coffins from the church in Bac Xe district (Champa Sac province, Laos) to La Lay International Border Gate (Quang Tri) was very high, so she lent her car to transport the coffins and their belongings to the border gate.

Although relatives of the two workers hired a car to go to La Lay International Border Gate, due to procedures, they could not take the car to Bac Xe district to transport the bodies and had to wait at the border gate, receive and then bring the bodies back to their hometown./.