Vietnam has delayed the introduction of new boat safety rules at a top tourist site where 12 people drowned in February, after tour operators went on strike in protest, an official said Monday.
The death toll from floods in central Vietnam has reached at least 28, officials said Wednesday.
North Korea on Saturday threatened a “powerful nuclear response” to joint military exercises by the US and South Korea, which are due to start Sunday.
The US has been putting Asia high on its agenda recently, and this week we saw that in action, with a focus on the Korean peninsula and Pakistan.
