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Mainlanders were urged yesterday to put on hold plans to visit Vietnam as Hanoi clamped down on anti-China protests.
The foreign ministry in Beijing also announced it would suspend some bilateral exchanges after violence last week that left at least two Chinese dead and more than 100 injured.
"China will consider taking further measures according to how the situation develops," foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said.
Watch: Over a hundred join anti-China protest in Ho Chi Minh City

In Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, large numbers of police with batons cordoned off demonstrators angered by China's establishment of an oil rig in disputed waters near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.
In Hanoi, authorities closed off streets and a park close to the Chinese embassy. Police were posted outside dissidents' houses, preventing them from leaving, said activists.
"I want to send a message that if we don't stop China today, tomorrow it will be too late," said demonstrator Dao Minh Chu.
He was forced away from the park where last week about 500 people gathered without any interference from the authorities.

Those protests were covered enthusiastically by state media - a sign that they had been tacitly approved by the government.
But yesterday, the authorities maintained a tight grip.
In Ho Chi Minh City, a group of mostly middle-aged men clapped and shouted "Vietnam" as they attempted to march to the fortified Chinese consulate.
Police stopped them after minor clashes broke out. One witness said some protesters had tried to display banners critical of the Vietnamese government and were detained.
Police and plainclothes officers prevented reporters from talking to protesters. Even after the initial demonstration had been dispersed, a police presence was maintained throughout Ho Chi Minh City and vans with loudspeakers called for calm.

A political columnist in Ho Chi Minh City said the demonstrators had miscalculated the government's reaction.
"They could not demonstrate as they had planned," he said.
Protests on Tuesday were followed by days of violence across 22 of Vietnam's 63 provinces, with Chinese factories and nationals targeted. Factories owned by other foreign companies were also attacked.
But the authorities seemed eager to prevent a repeat of the riots yesterday, amid rumours of protests on social media.

Police units were deployed at the gates of industrial parks around Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday night, said a Taiwanese businessman who had been coordinating security efforts with other managers. "The situation is very quiet now," he added.
But despite the heightened security, Beijing started mass evacuations on Saturday and these continued yesterday.
Several Chinese airlines and travel agencies announced late on Saturday that charter flights and tours to Vietnam would be suspended and refunds paid.


Firm grip kept on anti-China protests in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City

Police attempt to disperse protesters near the Chinese embassy in Hanoi yesterday. Streets in the capital and a park close to the embassy were closed. Photo: EPA

Demonstrators in the southern hub of Ho Chi Minh City chant anti-Chinese slogans and wave banners under a heavy police guard. Photo: Reuters

Over 290 Chinese nationals affected in Vietnam's anti-China riots arrive in Chengdu. Photo: Xinhua

A policeman uses a megaphone asking people not to gather on a street near to the Chinese embassy in Hanoi. Photo: AFP

Chinese rescue ships arrive in Vietnam to evacuate thousands of workers

Ship personnel check the life rafts aboard passenger ship Wuzhishan, deployed to pick up Chinese in Vietnam. Photo: Xinhua

Medical personnel are to carry medicines to passenger ship "Tongguling" at Xiuying port in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province. Photo: Xinhua

More than 290 Chinese nationals affected by Vietnam's anti-China riots arrive in Chengdu, the capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province. Photo: AP

Protesters chant anti-China slogans as they march during an anti-China protest in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh city on Sunday. The placard reads, "Nation - Honour- Responsibility." Photo: Reuters

A crew member on the passenger ship Tongguling yesterday, which left for Vietnam from Xiuying in Haikou, capital of Hainan. Photo: Xinhua

Security forces (front) scuffle with protesters chanting anti-China slogans, during an anti-China protest in Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Reuters

Chinese tourists (R) queue at the immigration check point after arriving from Vietnam at Bavet city in Svay Rieng province, Cambodia. Photo: AFP

Passenger ship Wuzhishan leaves from Xiuying port for Vietnam to evacuate nationals affected by anti-China violence, in Haikou, Hainan province. Photo: AP

Vietnam arrests demonstrators in renewed anti-Chinese protests

Protesters gather in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Sunday. Photo: SCMP

Policemen try to disperse people protesting near the Embassy of China, in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: EPA

Officials block the street near the Embassy of China, in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: EPA

More than one hundred protesters gather and shout "Vietnam" in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday.

Heavy police presence as protesters march in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday. 

Demonstrators clapping and shouting "Vietnam" as they march in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday. 

Vietnam stifles new demonstrations after China evacuates nationals

Vietnamese police and protesters near Chinese embassy in Hanoi. Photo: AFP

Security forces scuffle with protesters chanting anti-China slogans, during an anti-China protest in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh city. Photo: Reuters

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Fresh protests held in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi as Beijing urges cancellation of trips to Vietnam and suspends bilateral exchanges


Mainlanders were urged yesterday to put on hold plans to visit Vietnam as Hanoi clamped down on anti-China protests.
