Breaking News_ VIETNAM_ Workers in Vietnam protest Chinese oil rig

Workers in Vietnam protest Chinese oil rig

32 minutes ago May 13, 2014 9:47PM
NEWS.com.au

ABOUT 13,000 people working for foreign companies in a Vietnamese industrial park have protested against China's deployment of an oil rig in waters claimed by Hanoi.


The protest started in the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park 1 (VSIP1) in the southern province of Binh Duong, and followed demonstrations by thousands of Vietnamese across the country over the weekend.

"It is now spreading to VSIP2," Nguyen Van Leo, head of the labour department in the industrial park said.

"At least 3,000 workers are still protesting in VSIP2."

"We are worried that the protest may get out of control and violent actions of workers could destroy assets," a police official said on condition of anonymity.

It is thought to be the biggest demonstration in Vietnam in many years.

Local media showed photographs of flag-waving crowds carrying banners reading "China, get out of the East Sea (the South China Sea)" and "Long live Vietnam," Thanh Nien newspaper reported.

"I believe that this is worrisome for all foreign companies, especially those with any links, direct or indirect, with China," a foreign diplomat who requested anonymity said.

"I think Taiwanese companies will be especially concerned as they are being dragged into the Vietnam-China dispute even though Taiwan is not the same as China and it is also a claimant to the South China Sea," he said.

Many Taiwanese companies operate from the VSIP.

China sent warplanes to protect the oil rig in the South China Sea, reports from Vietnam said on Monday.

Two groups of jet fighters flew over Vietnamese ships that have been trying to prevent the installation of the oil rig, according to the Vietnamese coast guard.

The Chinese government and state media did not comment on the reports.

China has deployed dozens of vessels including warships to guard the drilling platform.

Beijing insists the oil rig site is inside its "sovereign territory" near the disputed Paracel islands, which China claims as the Xisha islands.




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