▁facilities ▁in ▁V ung ▁Ang , ▁H à ▁T ĩ n h ▁Province ▁in ▁central ▁Vietnam , ▁ 2 5 0 ▁kilom eters ▁( 1 5 5 ▁miles ) ▁south ▁of ▁H ano i , ▁is ▁operated ▁by ▁the ▁Taiwan ese ▁con gl omer ate ▁Form osa ▁Pl ast ics ▁Group , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁foreign ▁invest ors ▁in ▁Vietnam . ▁The ▁complex ▁emp lo ys ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 , 6 0 0 ▁foreign ▁workers , ▁among ▁them ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 , 5 0 0 ▁are ▁Chinese ▁national s . ▁Fr iction ▁arose ▁between ▁loc als ▁and ▁foreign ▁workers ▁and ▁cl ash es ▁broke ▁out ▁sp or ad ically . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁a ▁Taiwan ese ▁account ant ▁were ▁st ab bed ▁to ▁death ▁in ▁one ▁such ▁cl ash . ▁ ▁On ▁May ▁ 1 1 , ▁a ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁strong ▁group ▁of ▁workers ▁and ▁loc als ▁formed ▁an ▁anti - Ch ina ▁para de ▁that ▁turned ▁into ▁ri ot . ▁The ▁mob ▁storm ed ▁the ▁steel ▁mill , ▁lit ▁fires ▁at ▁the ▁furn ace ▁and ▁several ▁buildings ▁and ▁h unted ▁down ▁the ▁Chinese ▁workers . ▁At ▁least ▁one ▁Chinese ▁worker ▁was ▁killed ▁and ▁ 9 0 ▁are ▁injured . ▁ ▁Re actions ▁Initial ly , ▁H ano i ▁la ud ed ▁the ▁" pat ri otic " ▁displays ▁by ▁its ▁citizens , ▁but ▁revers ed ▁after ▁the ▁violence ▁turned ▁badly ▁cit ing ▁the ▁country ' s ▁image ▁being ▁st ained ▁as