VIETNAM RIOTS CAUSED SERIOUS DAMAGE, BUT FOREIGN INVESTMENT PULLOUT UNLIKELY
May 10th, 2014
A SUPERVISOR of an American company in Vietnam’s Binh Duong Province has told just-style how she saw demonstrations against foreign ownership of clothing and textile companies turn into ugly riots. But industry insiders in other Asian countries claim the resulting damage will not seriously deter future foreign investment.By the time the Vietnamese Army stepped in to stop the riots on May 15 – three days after they broke out - 351 factories were damaged in the province. The supervisor at a company located near where the riots began, who requested that her name ...
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