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Dung made the statement during his phone call with UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Asia and the Pacific) Heather Wheeler this afternoon.
Dung suggested the UK side to support deployment of citizen protection measures in case Vietnamese are among victims of the tragedy.
Meanwhile Wheeler affirmed that the UK is trying its best to identify nationality of the victims and stands ready to cooperate with relevant parties to quickly complete the identification process.
Both sides expressed their shock at the incident and strongly condemned human trafficking.
They also affirmed their determination to combat trans-national organized crime while calling on the international community to strengthen cooperation in fighting this kind of crime./.
By Quang Minh