A Chinese worker has been killed and almost 150 other people injured as protesters attacked a steel mill in Vietnam, amid anti-China tensions over the South China Sea dispute SIA reports quoting BBC.
The incident took place at a Taiwanese-owned mill in Ha Tinh province. It came a day after protesters burnt several foreign-owned factories at an industrial park. The demonstrations have been sparked by China's movement of a drilling rig into waters also claimed by Vietnam.
Several anti-China protests have since taken place in Vietnam. Nationalist sentiment is currently running very high over the issue, correspondents say. Protesters appear to have targeted businesses with Chinese characters in their signs, even if they are from places such as Taiwan.
On Tuesday, at least 15 foreign-owned factories were set on fire at industrial parks in Binh Duong province, and hundreds more attacked. No casualties were reported. The Chinese embassy in Vietnam on Thursday urged Chinese nationals to take precautions in In its second statement in two days.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman said the violence had "a direct link with the Vietnamese side's indulgence and connivance in recent days with some domestic anti-China forces and lawbreakers". In an emergency letter to the police ministry, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung called the protests against the "illegal oil rig" a "legitimate action". But he said those who broke the law should be punished and foreign business activities protected.
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