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. (User generated photos taken in Binh Duong & Dong Nai Province)
Factories Torched in Anti-China Protests in Vietnam
![A foreign company displays banner supporting Vietnam in Dong Nai.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c0017abd-21b3-4eb9-8660-41974df742a1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A foreign company displays banner supporting Vietnam in Dong Nai.
![A factory in Binh Duong was set on fire. Banner says “We love Vietnam. Please protect our rice bowl."](https://gdb.voanews.com/c0a55d57-a4d6-4b89-aa32-7eabe3fa8513_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A factory in Binh Duong was set on fire. Banner says “We love Vietnam. Please protect our rice bowl."
![A factory in Binh Duong was set on fire. Banner says “We love Vietnam. Please protect our rice bowl."](https://gdb.voanews.com/ce3da9a4-69dc-41a3-b9e0-fe4242a641f9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A factory in Binh Duong was set on fire. Banner says “We love Vietnam. Please protect our rice bowl."
![Protesters gathered at Amata Industrial Park, Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province, Vietnam.](https://gdb.voanews.com/43fe9cd0-b148-4183-a278-20db135ab728_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters gathered at Amata Industrial Park, Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province, Vietnam.