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All the bodies were taken into ambulances and sent to the victims' respective home provinces, but no family members were allowed on the journey for security reasons, Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
The bodies will be immediately handed over to the families of the migrants upon arriving in their hometowns and the funerals are scheduled to take place on the same day, the ministry said.
Investigations are ongoing in multiple countries in relation to the incident, in which the bodies of 39 people later identified as Vietnamese nationals were found dead in the back of a refrigerated truck in the county of Essex, southern England.
Vietnamese officials have described the truck deaths as a "serious humanitarian tragedy," while the case has attracted global headlines, and highlighted the often highly dangerous route some migrants take into Europe.
Risky journey
"After this, no parent will allow their children to go work overseas. Because now it's so risky," said Ho Van Thanh, who runs a small roadside shop in the hamlet of Do Thanh in Nghe An province, where many young people left to find employment elsewhere.
"Money is important. But the most important thing is people, life."