Two men receive jail terms for anti-China riots in Vietnam

Courts in southern Vietnam have sentenced two men to prison, after finding them guilty of taking part in recent anti-China riots.

The first man, 23 years old, received a three-year jail term for sabotage and causing public disorder. The second man, who is 18 years old, got one year in jail for looting. The two are the first of more than 700 people who will face trials in the Binh Duong province over the next few weeks for similar charges.

The riots, which targeted Chinese companies two weeks ago, came amid rising tensions between the two countries over an oil drilling dispute in the South China Sea. Three Chinese were killed, 140 other people were injured and hundreds of foreign-owned factories were burned or damaged.