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Most lights illuminating buildings and streets in Hanoi, Hai Phong and Da Nang have been switched off or are being turned on later than normal to save electricity. - VnExpress International
Ronan Hughes, 43, is serving a 20-year sentence for the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese nationals. He will pay £182,072 in compensation to the families of the victims.
Vietnamese tourism enterprises have waited for Chinese travelers for a long time
'Even when they died they were together': Heartbreaking story of couple who left their young children in Vietnam to set up new life in the UK - as heartbroken parents reveal pair were holding hands when they died in back of Essex lorry Nguyen Thi Van and Tran Hai Loc were found holding hands inside lorry trailer Couple were huddled together when they were discovered among the 39 dead The pair left behind their son Thang, seven, and five-year-old daughter Trang
During the cross-Channel trip on board the Clementine, the group had desperately tried to raise the alarm, even calling the Vietnamese emergency number, as they ran out of air. When they found there was no mobile phone signal in the trailer, some recorded goodbye messages to their families. Nguyen Tho Tuan, 25, told his family: "I am sorry. I cannot take care of you. I am sorry. I am sorry. I cannot breathe. "I want to come back to my family. Have a good life." A metal pole had been used to try to punch through the roof of the refrigerated container, but only managed to dent the interior.