Vietnam receives first bodies found in British truck

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A relative of John Hoang Van Tiep, a victim who was found dead in the back of a British truck last month, lights a candle on his coffin in Nghe An province, Vietnam November 27, 2019.

Airport workers unload coffins, carrying some of the 39 bodies found on a truck container in Britain, from an airplane for homeland repatriation at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Vietnam November 27, 2019. Lam Khanh/VNA via REUTERS.

Candles shaped as a cross are pictured on a coffin of John Hoang Van Tiep, a victim who was found dead in the back of a British truck last month, during his funeral in Nghe An province, Vietnam November 27, 2019.

Relatives carry a coffin of John Nguyen Van Hung, a victim who was found dead in the back of a British truck last month, in front of a church in Nghe An province, Vietnam November 27, 2019.

Ambulances carrying the bodies of John Hoang Van Tiep and John Nguyen Van Hung, victims who were found dead in the back of a British truck last month, are surrounded by relatives and villagers in front of a church in Nghe An province, Vietnam November 27, 2019.

Relatives of John Nguyen Van Hung, a victim who was found dead in the back of a British truck last month, follow an ambulance that carries his body upon arrival in Nghe An province, Vietnam November 27, 2019.

Relatives of John Nguyen Van Hung, a victim who was found dead in the back of a British truck last month, cry as an ambulance carrying his body arrived in Nghe An province, Vietnam November 27, 2019.

Relatives move coffin of John Nguyen Van Hung and John Hoang Van Tiep, victims who were found dead in the back of a British truck last month, out of ambulances upon arrival in Nghe An province, Vietnam November 27, 2019.

A portrait of John Hoang Van Tiep, one of the Vietnamese people found dead aboard a lorry in Britain, is seen during his funeral mass in Nghe An province, Vietnam November 27, 2019.

A brother of Joseph Nguyen Dinh Luong, one of the Vietnamese people found dead aboard a lorry in Britain, attend a funeral mass in Nghe An province, Vietnam, November 27, 2019.

Ambulances from Ha Tinh province are seen while allegedly carrying some of the bodies of victims on 39 deaths on a truck container in UK, leave Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Vietnam November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer

Relatives of John Hoang Van Tiep, a victim who was found dead in the back of a British truck last month, mourn near his coffin during his funeral at home in Nghe An province, Vietnam November 27, 2019.

Anna Hoang Thi Ai, a mother of John Hoang Van Tiep and a victim who was found dead in the back of a British truck last month, cries next to his body in Nghe An province, Vietnam November 27, 2019.

Relatives carry a coffin of John Hoang Van Tiep, a victim who was found dead in the back of a British truck last month, in front of a church in Nghe An province, Vietnam November 27, 2019.

Relatives of John Hoang Van Tiep, a victim who was found dead in the back of a British truck last month, cry while following an ambulance that carries his body upon arrival in Nghe An province, Vietnam November 27, 2019.

Relatives of John Hoang Van Tiep, a victim who was found dead in the back of a British truck last month, follow an ambulance that carries his body upon arrival in Nghe An province, Vietnam November 27, 2019.

Relatives of John Hoang Van Tiep, one of the Vietnamese people found dead aboard a lorry in Britain, attend a funeral mass in Nghe An province, Vietnam, November 27, 2019.

Relatives carry coffin of John Hoang Van Tiep, a victim who was found dead in the back of a British truck last month, in front of a church in Nghe An province, Vietnam November 27, 2019.

Relatives of John Hoang Van Tiep, a victim who was found dead in the back of a British truck last month, stand near his coffin in Nghe An province, Vietnam November 27, 2019.