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Behind the tragic headlines

How BBC Vietnamese pieced together the lorry deaths story.

The first funerals of the victims of human trafficking were conducted in Vietnam this week. 39 people died in the back of a lorry trailer discovered in Grays, Essex. The victims were initially thought to be Chinese, but BBC Vietnamese journalists Giang Nguyen and Khue Luu Binh were among the team who confirmed they were Vietnamese and pieced together their stories.

Image: Candles for the Vietnamese lorry dead
Credit: Yui Mok/PA Wire

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