{"id":519349,"date":"2026-04-08T10:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/519349\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:38:08","slug":"family-pay-tribute-to-british-teenager-killed-in-motorcycle-crash-in-vietnam-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/519349\/","title":{"rendered":"Family pay tribute to British teenager killed in motorcycle crash in Vietnam | UK news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The family of a British teenager have paid tribute to their daughter who died after a motorcycle crash on a popular route in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/vietnam\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vietnam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The incident occurred on the Ha Giang loop in the country\u2019s north, and Orla Wates, 19, died at the Viet Duc university hospital in Hanoi, according to Viet Nam News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) confirmed its consular staff were supporting Wates\u2019s family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Her parents, Andrew and Henrietta Wates, told Viet Nam News: \u201cOrla was beautiful, independent and very funny, with a sharp wit. She loved to look good and lived life to the full.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Her mother thanked the hospital and its ICU team for caring for Orla, and said her organs had been donated to save others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">She said: \u201cAt this extremely difficult time for our family, we chose to donate Orla\u2019s organs, as we believe that if there were a way to give opportunity to others, this is what Orla would have wanted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cKnowing that she is living on through them brings us great comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Orla Wates was taken to the Viet Duc university hospital in Hanoi, where she died. Photograph: VDUH<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In an interview shared on the hospital\u2019s social media page, her father said: \u201cVietnam was a country she loved and so to give back to Vietnam as well I think is very important for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Her mother added: \u201cShe had the best time here, she had the best time here, she was loving every minute of it. So it is our way of thanking you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Ha Giang loop is a road trip of about 220 miles (350km) that winds through the Vietnamese mountains near the border with China.<\/p>\n<p>A section of the Ha Giang loop.  Photograph: imageBROKER.com\/Alamy<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">It is popular among tourists, and inexperienced motorcyclists often ride pillion in a group with tour operators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The loop typically takes about three to four days on a motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">An FCDO spokesperson said: \u201cOur thoughts are with the family and friends of Orla Wates, following her tragic death in Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWe are in touch with the local authorities, and our consular staff are doing all they can to support Orla\u2019s family at this hugely difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The family of a British teenager have paid tribute to their daughter who died after a motorcycle crash&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-519349","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\/519349","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=519349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}