{"id":518955,"date":"2026-04-08T05:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/518955\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T05:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:23:09","slug":"british-teen-dies-in-vietnam-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/518955\/","title":{"rendered":"British teen dies in Vietnam | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 19-year-old British woman has died in Vietnam after a reported motorbike crash.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Office said it was supporting the family of Orla Wates after her “tragic death” in the country.<\/p>\n

According to local media, she was involved in an accident on the Ha Giang Loop, a popular route for road trips in northern Vietnam, winding through the mountains near the border with China.<\/p>\n

Viet Nam News<\/a> reported she died at the Viet Duc Friendship Hospital in the capital, Hanoi, on 2 April.<\/p>\n

Her parents, Andrew and Henrietta Wates, told the outlet she “lived life to the full”.<\/p>\n

“Orla was beautiful, independent and very funny, with a sharp wit,” they said.<\/p>\n

Her mother thanked the hospital’s Dr Tr\u1ecbnh Van Dong and its emergency care team for caring for Ms Wates \u2013 and said her organs had been donated to save others.<\/p>\n

She told Viet Nam News it’s “what Orla would have wanted”.<\/p>\n

“Knowing that she is living on through them brings us great comfort,” she said.<\/p>\n

In an interview shared on the hospital’s social media, she added: “It is our way of thanking you.”<\/p>\n

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\n The Ha Giang Loop is a popular road route with tourists. File pic<\/p>\n

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The Foreign Office confirmed its consular staff are supporting Ms Wates’ family.<\/p>\n

“Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Orla Wates, following her tragic death in Vietnam,” said a statement.<\/p>\n

“We are in touch with the local authorities, and our consular staff are doing all they can to support Orla’s family at this hugely difficult time.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 19-year-old British woman has died in Vietnam after a reported motorbike crash. The Foreign Office said it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-518955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}