The protests come amid rising tensions between Beijing and Hanoi over China’s installation of an oil rig in a disputed are of the South China Sea.
Updated: May 14, 2014, 12:00 AM
In pictures: anti-China rioters in Vietnam torch and loot foreign factories
Smoke and flames billow from a factory window in Binh Duong as anti-China protesters set more than a dozen foreign-owed factories on fire. AFP Photo
Police officers stand with protective shields on the side street. AFP Photo
Protests were initially peaceful but were hijacked by “extremists” who incited people to break into the factories, said Tran Van Nam, the deputy head of the province’s people’s committee. AFP Photo
An employee, left, of a Chinese company raises her hands while trying to stop protesters in Binh Duong province on May 14, 2014. Reuters
Damage left by fire and smoke as thousands of Vietnamese went on a rampage in industrial zones in the south of the country. AFP Photo
A damaged sign of a Chinese factory in Binh Duong following the rampage of angry mobs. Reuters