(9 Dec 2012)
1. Wide of protesters being detained and placed on bus
2. Wide of protesters marching
3. Mid of protester holding up banner with portrait of Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping reading: (Vietnamese: "Down with the Xi Jinping clique"
4. Mid of protesters chanting: (Vietnamese) "Paracel islands, Spratly islands belong to Vietnam" and "Down with China"
5. Close of protesters marching with banner
6. Mid of police officers, protesters marching in background
7. Various of protesters

STORYLINE:
Police in Vietnam broke up anti-China protests in two cities on Sunday, arresting about 20 demonstrators.
They were the first such protests since tensions between the communist neighbours flared anew over rival claims to the oil and gas-rich South China Sea.
Police initially allowed about 200 protesters to march from Hanoi's iconic Opera House through the streets of the capital, but after 30 minutes ordered them to disperse.
When some continued, police pushed about 20 of them into a large bus which then drove quickly from the scene.
A smaller protest also took place in Ho Chi Minh City, according to blogger and activist Huynh Ngoc Chenh.
He said he was ordered to leave by police, but about 100 people gathered for 10 minutes before being dispersed.
Any sign of popular anger in tightly controlled Vietnam causes unease among the leadership, but anti-Chinese sentiment is especially sensitive.
The country has long-standing ideological and economic ties with its giant neighbour, but many of those criticising China are also the ones calling for political, religious and social freedoms at home.
Vietnam and China have long sparred over who owns the South China Sea, a dispute that the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan are also parties to.
Over the last two years, America's diplomatic tilt to Southeast Asia and energy-hungry China's growing assertiveness has focused international attention on the issue.
Vietnam last week alleged that Chinese shipping vessels sabotaged one of its seismic survey vessels in the South China Sea.
This week the government warned Beijing not to do that again and presented a list of its violations in the disputed sea.
China recently issued new passports containing a map showing the sea as belonging to it, causing anger in Hanoi and other regional states.
In the summer of 2011, there were two months of weekly protests in Hanoi, an unprecedented show of popular anger in the country.
Earlier this year, there were also some demonstrations.
Police dispersed them, gradually using more force as it become clear they were becoming a source of domestic opposition to the party.

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