Factories burnt in Vietnam-China row

Anti-China protesters have set more than a dozen factories on fire in Vietnam in the biggest eruption of rage against Beijing for decades over the deployment of an oil rig in contested waters.
China expressed "serious concerns" after Vietnamese workers went on the rampage Tuesday, looting goods and attacking offices in a rare outburst of public unrest in the authoritarian communist nation.
Riot police were deployed after violence in the southern province of Binh Duong forced several factories to temporarily suspend operations, including a supplier for Nike and Adidas.
Taiwanese and South Korean plants were affected along with Chinese factories.
"Huge fires have engulfed many of the Taiwanese plants. It would be impossible to estimate the losses. The attacks were totally unexpected," a Taiwanese man who fled the unrest told reporters at an airport in northern Taiwan, according to AFP.