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.