Vietnamese workers in Taiwan saddened by protests
Staff writer, with CNA
Several
Vietnamese workers in Taiwan
voiced concern over the violent anti-China protests in their home country last
week and called on their compatriots to exercise restraint.
The
Vietnamese workers told the Central News Agency that since the protests in Vietnam erupted earlier last week, they have
been trying to tell their friends via social media that Taiwan is different from China and that
patriotism should not be about violence, but wisdom.
Vietnamese
protesters vandalized and set fire to scores of factories in the southern province of Binh Duong
in protest against a Chinese oil-drilling venture in an area of the South China
Sea that Hanoi
regards as within its exclusive economic zone.
“I really
don’t know what else I can do... I feel terrible and very sad because Taiwanese
are all very friendly and nice,” said Le Thi-phuong, a 32-year-old domestic
caregiver who has been working in Taipei
for 10 years.
She added
that she feels sorry for the Taiwanese businesspeople in Vietnam who
have suffered lossesas a result of the rioting.
One of Le’s
friends, Ng Thi-hoa, who also works as a caregiver, said that she was deeply
saddened by the incidents.
“Vietnam has
finally seen some peace and prosperity recently, but now the riots are scaring
all foreign investment away,” Ng said, adding that she has not been sleeping
well since the unrest started.
The
Vietnamese workers said they had been closely following the latest developments
in their home country and hope their government will take immediate steps to
restore order.
They also
said they hope the incidents will not affect the good ties between Taiwan and Vietnam .
There are
currently more than 489,000 foreign workers in Taiwan ,
25.6 percent of whom are from Vietnam ,
making the country the second-largest source of migrant workers in Taiwan ,
according to official statistics.
Structure of the Lead:
WHO-Several Vietnamese workers in Taiwan
WHEN- last week
WHAT- call on
WHY- Vietnamese workers in Taiwan voiced concern over the violent anti-China protests in their home country
WHERE- in Taiwan
HOW- call on their compatriots to exercise restraint
Keywords:
1. call on 呼籲
2.compatriot 同胞
3.restraint 克制
4.patriotism 愛國主義
5.vandalized 惡意破壞
I think that it is ridiculous to erupt the the violent anti-China protests in their home country. It would cause a big damage for themselves because of the rebellion which vandalized and set fire to scores of factories and the foreign countries would be afraid of invest their business in Vietnam. It may let Vietnam become much poorer. They shouldn't destroy the factories except for China' s, and they should not be violence, but peaceful.
回覆刪除It is sad to hear that Taiwanese was suffered from the protests in Vietnam. I think the Vietnam government should do something to control this event. Since Vietnam has finally seen some peace and prosperity recently, but now the riots are scaring all foreign investment away. What they have done now is just destroying their economy and scares away the investors. I feel really sad for both Taiwanese and Vietnamese, some Taiwanese even died from the event and many Taiwanese investors lost a lot of money. Although Chinese did really do something wrong, we still can try other ways to express our feelings instead of destroying everything or kill the innocents. What the Vietnamese have done can't solve any problems but to make more troubles.
回覆刪除Some Taiwanese business people's factories in Vietnam were destroyed by Vietnamese protesters because of the anti-China protests. Their original demands might be protect their rights, but they adopted the worst way. They set fire and vandalized, it had already hurt the innocent people.
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