(14 May 2014) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 2003021

Mobs burned and looted scores of foreign-owned factories in Vietnam following a large protest by workers against China's recent placement of an oil rig in disputed Southeast Asian waters.
The unrest at industrial parks near Ho Chi Minh City is the most serious outbreak of public disorder in the tightly controlled country in years.
It points to the dangers for the government as it tries to manage public anger at China while also itself protesting the Chinese actions in an area of the South China Sea it says belongs to Vietnam.
Vietnam has sent ships to confront the rig which are engaged in a tense standoff with Chinese vessels protecting it.
The rioting that began on Tuesday and continued into Wednesday in Binh Duong province followed protests by up to 20-thousand workers at the industrial parks.
Smaller groups of men attacked factories they believed were Chinese-run, but many were Taiwanese or South Korean, the provincial government said in a statement.
On Wednesday morning, groups of men on motorbikes remained on the streets and factories in the area were closed.
Police said 440 people had been detained over the violence.
China's foreign ministry and its embassy in Hanoi issued warnings to Chinese citizens and urged Vietnam's government to protect them.

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