Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc offers condolences to families of victims killed in the UK

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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc also requested local authorities with the victims' families to take appropriate measures, care, share and encourage them to soon overcome this great pain and loss.

Police move the container truck carrying the 39 ill-fated immigrants away from the scene. Source: Getty Images

Immediately after the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that Essex County Police announced that there were Vietnamese victims, whose identities have not yet been determined, in the case of 39 people who died in a truck in Northeast London (UK), from Bangkok (Thailand), Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc sent his deep condolences to the families of the victims.

The Prime Minister directed the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to immediately send working delegations led by leaders of the ministries directly to the UK to work with authorities and handle related matters.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc also requested local authorities with the victims' families to take appropriate measures, care, share and encourage them to soon overcome this great pain and loss./.

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