One Chinese worker was killed in a riot at a Taiwanese steel plant in Vietnam, police said Thursday, as violence sparked by Beijing´s deployment of an oil rig in contested waters spread.
Vietnam has been shaken by the worst anti-China backlash in decades, with mass protests in major cities and factories attacked and set on fire.
The latest riots took place at a steel mill owned by Taiwanese industrial conglomerate Formosa in Vietnam´s central Ha Tinh province.
“One Chinese worker is dead. We are trying to identify the body,” a local policeman said on condition of anonymity.
“Totally, 100 Chinese workers were injured… The rioters have gone but we are all still concerned they might come back,” Ambassador Huang Chih-peng said, adding that no Taiwanese nationals were hurt.
