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Police in Vietnam have arrested eight people in relation to the discovery of 39 bodies in a truck near London last month, state media said on Monday.
“Based on what we learn from the suspects, we will actively launch investigations to fight and eradicate these rings which bring people illegally to Britain,” said Nghe An province police chief Nguyen Huu Cau, according to the official Vietnam News Agency.
On Friday, Vietnamese police arrested two people and summoned others for questioning on suspicion of involvement in the incident.
Meanwhile, in support of efforts to identify the victims a Vietnamese deputy foreign minister travelled to Britain late on Sunday to aid investigations.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested a deputy foreign minister, whose name has not been revealed, to travel to Britain following a cabinet meeting on Sunday, according to local newspaper VnExpress.
The deputy minister will lead a delegation aimed at speeding up the identification process.
Vietnam’s Foreign Affairs Ministry on Saturday called the deaths a “serious humanitarian tragedy” after British police announced that all the victims are believed to be Vietnamese.
Authorities in Vietnam have also taken blood samples from some of those with missing family members in order to test their DNA against victims from the truck. Files on at least four of the victims have been passed to Hanoi to help with the identification.

Essex police said they cannot announce the identity of victims at this point in time, but they have managed to get in touch with many of the families.
Since Friday, victims’ families have been receiving phone calls from British authorities confirming that their missing family members were among the dead.
As many as 28 families have reported missing relatives in the central Vietnamese provinces of Ha Tinh and Nghe An, according to local media reports.
Hundreds of Vietnamese nationals are trafficked to Britain each year, according to the charity Ecpat.


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A police forensic team inspect the truck in which the 39 bodies were found on October 23. Photo: AP

Catholic priest Anthony Dang Huu Nam holds a candle during a mass prayer for 39 people found dead in the back of a truck near London, UK at My Khanh parish in Nghe An province, Vietnam October 26, 2019. REUTERS/Kham

epa07937880 Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivers a speech during the opening of the eighth session of the National Assembly's 14th tenure in Hanoi, Vietnam, 21 October 2019 EPA-EFE/MINH HOANG

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The bodies of 39 people, all of whom are believed to be Vietnamese, were found in the back of a refrigerated truck near London last month
In support of efforts to identify the victims a Vietnamese deputy foreign minister travelled to Britain late on Sunday to aid investigations



The bodies of 39 people, all of whom are believed to be Vietnamese according to British police, were found in the back of a refrigerated truck near London last month.


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