Sixteen of the 39 deceased flown to Hanoi, with the rest to be repatriated later, say officials and media
The firstly 16 bodies of 39 Vietnamese people found dead in the back of a refrigerated lorry in Britain have been repatriated to Vietnam, according to a neighbourhood official and Vietnamese media.
“Sixteen bodies including five from Nghe An province have arrived in Vietnam, ” said senior government officials of the province. The figures arrived at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi early on Wednesday, online newspaper VnExpress reported, and would be taken by ambulances to homes in Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces. The remaining figures would be repatriated later, VnExpress said.
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