Victims of Vietnam violence back in China
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MORE than 290 Chinese nationals affected by Vietnam’s anti-China riots arrived in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu yesterday, China’s foreign ministry said.
They were brought back on two China Southern Airlines planes chartered by the Chinese government.
More than 100 of them were injured in the recent deadly violence against foreign businesses and citizens, including staff of the China Metallurgical Group Corporation.
Early yesterday, 16 critically injured Chinese nationals were evacuated from Vietnam aboard a chartered medical flight arranged by the Chinese government.
They were suffering from concussion, soft tissue injuries and bone fractures, said Tan Bo, a doctor at the Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital.
“When I see you, I no longer feel frightened,” Cao Wenjun told medical staff as the injured Chinese national from Panzhihua in Sichuan Province was carried to an ambulance waiting on the airport apron.
“We feel safe after returning home,” said Cao, who was in tears with his head wrapped in gauze. “The medical conditions in Vietnam are not very good.”
Cao and the other badly injured were sent to two major hospitals in Chengdu, Sichuan’s capital, by ambulance.
Those with slight injuries were sent to hospitals for further diagnosis and treatment. Many of them were seen wiping tears from their eyes on buses the government sent to pick them up.
A worker from the China Metallurgical Group Corporation who came to greet colleagues praised the Chinese government for sending chartered planes to evacuate its citizens.
He also said he was shocked and infuriated at Vietnam’s violence against foreign businesses and citizens.
An iron and steel complex in Ha Tinh province of Vietnam, in which Taipei-based Formosa Plastics Group holds a stake, was badly hit in the attacks triggered by disputes in the South China Sea.
The China 19th Metallurgical Corporation (MCC19) is a contractor for construction of the plant.
Guo Wenqing, president of the China Metallurgical Croup Corporation, said only 30 staff of MCC19 would remain in Vietnam and the rest would come back aboard chartered planes and ships.
Besides the first chartered planes, the Chinese Ministry of Transport said China was also sending five ships to Vietnam yesterday to evacuate its nationals.
Two Chinese nationals were killed and more than 100 others injured in the deadly anti-China riots which kicked off last week.
The deadly attacks against Chinese personnel and companies in Vietnam happened after China frustrated a series of provocative moves by Vietnam to disrupt the drilling operations of a Chinese oil rig in the South China Sea.
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