Hanoi asks Vietnamese embassy in London to collaborate with police to help identify victimsMore Vietnamese families have come forward with information that their relatives may be among the 39 people found dead in the back of a container truck in Essex. Play Video 0:50 Vietnamese community leader says majority of lorry victims were probably from Vietnam - video“The whole district is covered in sorrow,” Nam said, as prayers rang out over loudspeakers in the town on Saturday. “I’m still collecting contact details for all the victims’ families, and will hold a ceremony to pray for them tonight. Relatives of Nguyen Dinh Luong, 20, shared in a post on Facebook that they fear he may be one of the victims, while numerous other families have posted messages. Other Vietnamese people in the UK have shared their knowledge about the number of missing people and the identity of those in the lorry.

Source: The Guardian October 26, 2019 10:20 UTC