The four ships dispatched by China to pull back its nationals affected by the recent violence in Vietnam have left a central Vietnamese port Monday with more than 3,500 evacuees.
A total of 3,553 Chinese nationals affected in the recent anti-foreign violence in Vietnam were heading home on board four Chinese ships from the central Vietnamese port of Vung Ang on Monday.
China on Thursday lodged a solemn protest with Vietnam and voiced strong condemnation over the recent violence there against foreign investors and companies that has left a Chinese citizen dead and more than 100 others injured.