British national among those killed in Bangkok attack

The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that the British passport-holding Hong Kong resident was a keen food blogger. Chan was a resident of Hong Kong.

“The school has been in contact with Vivian’s family to express its most honest condolences on her passing and is co-ordinating condolence and support arrangements for its students, alumnae, teachers and parents”.

Vivian Chan Wing-Yan, 19, who was studying law in Britain, was a hard worker, good singer and had been working for at least a year on the Kittealuvfood blog, which has 11,000 Instagram followers, an school friend said.

On a Facebook page, friends paid tribute to the “cheerful” girl who had been an “excellent student”.

British embassy staff in Thailand are assisting the woman’s family, Mr Hammond confirmed in a statement.

Chan’s parents are understood to have travelled from Hong Kong to Bangkok to identify the body. My thoughts are with her family & all those affected.

She was a law student travelling in Thailand with a friend, named as Arcadia Pang Wan-chee, when they were both killed in the explosion in the centre of Bangkok. Such a wonderful young women taken away so young. “I really enjoyed teaching you Vivian…RIP”. We, the Huis, are saddened with the loss. “Unforgettable because you always have it in mind”, she wrote.

Sophia Hui also posted on Facebook, saying: “

You were such a cheerful person and had one of the greatest smiles that I have seen.”

“I will cherish the days talking to you and especially in orchestra”.

Hammond added “My thoughts are with the victims, their families and loved ones, and with the Thai people“.

Last month the FCO warned against all but essential travel to Tunisia amid fears of a fresh terror attack nearly two weeks after the atrocity in Sousse in which 30 British nationals were among the 38 killed by a gunman.

Ives Kwok wrote: “My friend, I know u will be fine and have a very happy life in heaven with our God”.

“The loss of life and injury in Bangkok is horrific and I condemn this callous act of violence against completely innocent and unsuspecting members of the public”.

Yung posted a photo on Facebook of the two of them together online with the message: “You have left a deep impression in me”.

The Foreign Office said it could not confirm whether Ms Chan was the British national whose death had earlier been confirmed by Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond.

Thai authorities have released CCTV stills of a man wanted in connection with the attack, labelled by Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha as the “worst” to ever strike the capital.