REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CHENGDU -- Over 290 Chinese nationals affected in Vietnam's anti-China riots arrived in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu on Sunday afternoon, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry press release.

The ministry said they were sent back by two chartered planes of China Southern Airlines organized by the Chinese government. Over 100 of them were injured in the recent deadly violence against foreign businesses and citizens including the staff of China Metallurgical Group Corporation.

Early Sunday morning, 16 critically injured Chinese nationals were evacuated from Vietnam aboard a chartered medical flight arranged by the Chinese government.

The 16 people suffered concussion, soft tissue injuries and bone fractures, said Tan Bo, a doctor at the Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital.

"When I see you, I no longer feel frightened," Cao Wenjun told medical staff when the injured Chinese national from Panzhihua of Sichuan province was carried to an ambulance waiting on the airport apron.

"We feel safe after returning home," said Cao in tears with his head wrapped in gauze. "The medical conditions there (in Vietnam) are not very good."

Cao and other critically injured were sent to two major hospitals in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, on ambulances.

Those with slight injuries were sent to hospitals for further diagnosis and treatment. Many of them were seen wiping off tears on the buses the government sent to pick up them.

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