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  "textContent": "Orla Wates, 19, was travelling the Ha Giang Loop in the country’s north when she fell from the back of a motorbike\n\n**A British teenager has died in a motorcycle crash on a popular route in Vietnam.**\n\nOrla Wates, 19, was travelling the Ha Giang Loop in the country’s north when she fell from the back of a motorbike.\n\nHer parents, Andrew and Henrietta Wates, told Viet Nam News in a tribute: ‘Orla was beautiful, independent and very funny, with a sharp wit.\n\n‘She loved to look good and lived life to the full.’\n\nMrs Wates thanked Dr Trịnh Van Dong and the ICU team at Hanoi’s Viet Duc Friendship Hospital for caring for Ms Wates – and said her organs had been donated to save others, according to the outlet.\n\n##  Sign up for all of the latest stories\n\nStart your day informed with Metro's **News Updates** newsletter or get **Breaking News** alerts the moment it happens.\n\nShe said: ‘At this extremely difficult time for our family, we chose to donate Orla’s organs, as we believe that if there were a way to give opportunity to others, this is what Orla would have wanted.\n\n‘Knowing that she is living on through them brings us great comfort.’\n\nIn an emotional interview shared to the hospital’s social media page, her father said: ‘Vietnam was a country she loved and so to give back to Vietnam as well I think is very important for us.’\n\nHer mother added: ‘She 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.’\n\nThe Ha Giang Loop is a road trip of around 350km that winds through the Vietnamese mountains near the border with China.\n\nIt is popular among tourists, and inexperienced motorcyclists often ride pillion in a group with tour operators.\n\nThe loop typically takes around three to four days on a motorcycle.\n\nThe Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) confirmed its consular staff are supporting Ms Wates’ family.\n\nAn FCDO spokesperson said: ‘Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Orla Wates, following her tragic death in Vietnam.\n\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.’\n\nOrla’s is the latest in a series of deaths involving British tourists abroad.\n\nLast month, the body of James Winkles was found washed up on El Laguito Beach in Cartagena, Colombia.\n\nThe newlywed, from the Isle of Wight, was on a dream holiday to South America.\n\nDays earlier, Tom Pardhy, 38, died in a suspected drinks spiking incident in Thailand.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "British teenager Orla Wates dies in motorbike crash in Vietnam"
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