Anti-China mobs torched up to 15 foreign-owned factories and trashed many more in southern Vietnam amid rising anger over a Chinese oil drilling platform deployed near the Paracel islands. (Courtesy photos taken in Binh Duong & Dong Nai Province)
Factories Torched in Anti-China Protests in Vietnam
![Protesters targeted an industrial area in Binh Duong. The crowd set everything on fire, from materials, computers, equipments to other machines.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ACB3D0AE-4668-4E30-8AFD-3B0ECF71F1CF_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters targeted an industrial area in Binh Duong. The crowd set everything on fire, from materials, computers, equipments to other machines.
![Protesters set truck on fire during a protest against China in the southern province of Binh Duong.](https://gdb.voanews.com/86EFE13D-0583-483B-9FB8-9EA91920FB30_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters set truck on fire during a protest against China in the southern province of Binh Duong.
![Protesters gathered at Amata Industrial Park, Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam.](https://gdb.voanews.com/B2A7A462-77B2-4592-8013-D426D454EE4A_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters gathered at Amata Industrial Park, Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam.
![Protesters gathered at Amata Industrial Park, Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam.](https://gdb.voanews.com/E5A8E77F-1647-4F7C-8E1A-1D8CBD6084A5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters gathered at Amata Industrial Park, Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam.