According to The Global Times newspaper as reported by AFP on Monday ( 19/05/2014 ) , about 4 thousand other Chinese citizens currently waiting to be evacuated from Vietnam .
To evacuate Chinese citizens , two Chinese vessels arriving in Ha Tinh province , Vietnam on Monday morning local time and will return to China later in the evening . According to the official Chinese news agency , Xinhua , the second ship named the Tongguling Wuzhishan and have arrived at the port of Vung Ang .
Earlier, the Chinese government has said it will deploy five ships to transport the citizens of Vietnam .
Relations between the two neighboring countries soured after the Chinese government's move earlier this month , which builds oil rig in the territorial waters of the South China Sea contested . Residents Vietnam - staged rallies to protest it .
In recent days , anti - Chinese action that has been turned into the burning of at least 15 foreign -owned factories - including China , Taiwan and South Korea - in some industrial areas of Vietnam. At least 2 Chinese citizens killed and 100 others injured during a series of attacks on foreign factories last week .