Anti-China Riots in Vietnam Kill 2 as Workers Flee
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Anti-China protests escalated in Vietnam as attacks on Taiwanese companies left two people dead and at least 129 injured, while more foreign-owned factories shut production and Chinese workers fled the country.
Vietnamese staff at a Taiwanese steel mill in Vung Ang in the central province of Ha Tinh yesterday looted the site, leaving 90 Chinese injured, and one Chinese person died of heat stroke, mill owner Formosa Plastics Group said in a statement. Taiwanese workers were not involved, it said.