Pinoys in Vietnam asked to take precautions amid anti-China violence

Protesters burn Chinese-owned factories in Vietnam
Protesters burn Chinese-owned factories in Vietnam. Firefighters rest near a fire-damaged Chinese-owned shoe factory in Vietnam's southern Binh Duong province on Wednesday, May 14. Thousands of Vietnamese set fire to foreign factories and rampaged in industrial zones south of the country in reaction to Chinese oil drilling in a part of the South China Sea claimed by Vietnam. Reuters/Thanh Tung Truong

Filipinos in Vietnam were asked by the Philippine 

government to take the necessary precautions amid surging anti-China violence there that has killed at least 21 people.
At a press briefing Friday, Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose said there are about 5,500 Filipinos in Vietnam and that the Philippine Embassy there is coordinating with their companies to ensure their safety. 
“Our embassy wants to make sure that their employers will provide them enough protection,” Jose told reporters.
China’s installation of an oil rig in the disputed Paracels off the South China Sea, which is also claimed by Vietnam, has sparked anti-China riots and led to attacks on factories believed to be Chinese-owned.
Protesters torched at least 15 foreign-owned factories in south Vietnam and several others were ransacked, highlighting the escalation of tensions between Beijing and Hanoi.
Despite this, Jose said the Philippine government will not issue a travel ban to Vietnam nor will it suspend the deployment of workers there.
“The Vietnamese government is taking steps to control the situation and our embassy is asking them to take precautions,” Jose said.
Separately, the Philippines accused China of encroaching into its waters and has revealed a massive Chinese construction and reclamation of a Manila-claimed reef.
China, which claims the South China Sea nearly in its entirety, said the reef, called Mabini by the Philippines, is part of Chinese territory.
Other claimants to the disputed waters, said to be harboring rich oil and gas resources, are Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan. — RSJ, GMA News

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