The Chinese and South Koreans accounted for a staggering 45% of international tourist arrivals to the central coastal city of Danang in the first quarter of the year.

 Two ships owned by a Chinese company with 23 workers onboard have been abandoned at a shipyard in northern Vietnam since May, local media reported on August 16.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Not only saying “no” to Chinese goods, Vietnamese have refused to serve Chinese clients and canceled tours to China to lodge their protests against the Chinese administration provoking activities on the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some Vietnamese economists are worried about the increasing influence of Chinese on Vietnam in trade, technology, and investment. They argue that, if Vietnam blindly follows the Chinese way, it will fail.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The local authorities and competent agencies stay irresponsible, while farmers are too greedy for gains. This explains why Chinese still can collect farm produce in Vietnam and trick Vietnamese.

While building a water tunnel for the La Hieng hydroelectric plant in the central province of Phu Yen, water suddenly overflowed, sweeping away three workers on September 27. Until today, September 30, they are still missing.

Hundreds of households on the hill base in Yen Thang Commune of Thanh Hoa province, where Chinese are exploiting ore--have been struggling with the environment pollution and diseases.

 VietNamNet Bridge - About 20km from Hanoi’s center, Dong Ky and Phu Khe carpentry villages in Tu Son commune, Bac Ninh province look like Chinese streets because most signboards are in Chinese.

Chinese games firms have been penetrating the Vietnamese market underhand through different ways.

China has become the biggest rice export market for Vietnam, but it’s not easy to earn money from the market. Exporters have been facing high risks relating to the payment, pricing and contract cancelation.

Many areas in the northern provinces have become stripped bare with plants plucked to be sold to Chinese merchants who have been collecting nearly all kinds of plants in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - On January 1, the police of the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho said that nine Chinese men were administratively fined for having different activities from the purpose of entry without permission of the authorities.