Up to 21 dead, doctor says, as anti-China riots spread in Vietnam

Up to 21 people were killed in Vietnam, a doctor said on Thursday, and a huge foreign steel project was set ablaze as anti-China riots spread to the centre of the country a day after arson and looting in the south. The doctor at a hospital in central Ha Tinh province said five Vietnamese workers and 16 other people described as Chinese were killed on Wednesday night in rioting, one of the worst breakdowns in Sino-Vietnamese relations since the neighbours fought a brief border war in 1979. China's state news agency Xinhua reported that at least two Chinese nationals had died and more than 100 were hospitalised. The Planning and Investment Ministry blamed the clashes on \"extremists\" and warned that they could seriously affect the investment environment in Vietnam. Read More http://ift.tt/1v9n6nx