What has the Vietnamese government offered?
Consent forms seen by the BBC say: "I, on behalf of the family, pledge to pay back all relevant expenses that the authorities have made in advance in order to repatriate them from the UK."A section of the Vietnamese consent form shown to the BBC
Victims' families have been offered a discounted price of 66 million dong (£2,200; $2,840) to repatriate a body or 44 million dong to bring back the ashes, the BBC has learnt. Families had already taken out loans of up to £40,000 to pay for smuggling their relatives to the UK. Pham Ngoc Tuan, brother of one of the victims. told the BBC's Nga Pham: "We already had to borrow so much money, we had to mortgage what we had. I don't even know if we can borrow anymore." "We have been told the main issue now is money and even though we had to borrow a lot of money to send them away, we may borrow more to bring them home," said Tien Pham, cousin of two victims, in a Facebook live stream. In the wake of the deaths, the Vietnamese embassy in London pledged to "closely co-ordinate with the relevant authorities of Vietnam and UK to support the families of the Vietnamese victims... to bring their loved ones home". It also issued its "heartfelt condolences" to the families.Pham Thi Tra My, 26, and Nguyen Dinh Luong, 20, were among the victims
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