Ministry of Public Security ready to send teams to UK
Gen. To Lam, Politburo member and Minister of Public Security, held telephone talks in the afternoon of October 30 with Priti Patel, Home Secretary of the UK, on the coordination of work in defining the identities of the victims believed to be of the Vietnamese nationality, in the incident that 39 people were found dead in a container truck in the UK on October 23.
Gen. To Lam (centre), Politburo member and Minister of Public Security, holds telephone talks with Home Secretary of the UK Priti Patel on October 30 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Gen. To Lam, Politburo member andMinister of Public Security, held telephone talks in the afternoon of October 30with Priti Patel, Home Secretary of the UK, on the coordination of work indefining the identities of the victims believed to be of the Vietnamesenationality, in the incident that 39 people were found dead in a containertruck in the UK on October 23.
During the talks, Minister Lam highlighted that theGovernment, the Ministry of Public Security and the people of Vietnam are veryattentive to and regret the incident in Essex county. Right after receivinginformation on the incident, the ministry promptly and proactively directed itsunits and localities to quickly conduct verification, collect information andstand ready to join hands with the UK side when requested.
The two sides also exchanged ideas on a number of relevantissues, and agreed on various important contents in the coordination.
Minister Lam thanked the secretary for her goodwill incooperating and sharing information on the incident. He also affirmed that theministry has been and will be continuing to closely cooperate with relevant authoritiesof the UK to investigate the case.
The verification of information and identities of thevictims is very urgent, that is why the ministry is ready to send working teamsto the UK to join hands with its police in investigating and verifyingidentities of the victims.
The minister asked that in the case that there areVietnamese among the victims, the UK side facilitate the citizen protection inline with the laws of the UK and Vietnam, as well as the international law andpractices. He also expressed his hope that the UK will take measures tostabilize security and safety of the Vietnamese citizens studying and workingin the UK, and that the two sides will boost their effective cooperation in thefields of mutual concern./.
The Vietnamese Embassy in the UK has said it is ready to take citizen protection measures if any of the 39 people found dead in a container at Waterglade industrial park in Essex on October 23 are confirmed to be from Vietnam.
The Ministry of Public Security has directed the Social Order-Related Crime Investigating Police Department to work with the central provinces of Ha Tinh and Nghe An to verify information of local residents who reportedly went missing while moving from France to the UK.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been working hard to support the British side to speed up the process of identifying the nationalities and names of the victims of a tragedy in which 39 people were found dead in a container truck in Essex county of the UK on October 23.
Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung has thanked the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and relevant agencies of the UK for their active support and sharing of information related to lorry deaths in Essex with Vietnam.
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Gen. To Lam (centre), Politburo member and Minister of Public Security, holds telephone talks with Home Secretary of the UK Priti Patel on October 30 (Photo: VNA) 
