The Vietnamese government will cover the costs of repatriating the 39 Vietnamese victims found dead inside a truck container in Essex, the UK last month and their families will repay the government later, the foreign ministry announced on Thursday.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son told reporters on the sidelines of a National Assembly meeting in Hanoi on Thursday that local administrations will be tasked with collecting money from the families once the bodies have been repatriated. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam gov’t to front payment for repatriation of 39 Essex truck victims” →