About 110 bodies, including those of 30 children, were found inside the wreck of a Russian cruise ship that sank in the Volga river on Sunday, rescuers said Monday.

At least 100 people were injured, 20 of them critically, when a powerful bomb reportedly ripped apart a passenger train late Sunday in the northeast Indian state of Assam, reported local media on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is developing tourism activities related to the Sai Gon River and Can Gio mangrove forest, said a city official.

VietNamNet Bridge – Stepping out of the Tuan drugstore in District 5, Pham Thi Kham from southern Binh Duong Province lamented that she had paid VND15,000 more for her medicine than only a few weeks ago.

While “setting aside dispute and pursuing joint development” is acceptable as a general principle, China’s view regarding it makes it unfair to Vietnam in the short term, and threatens Vietnam’s territorial integrity in the long term.

VietNamNet Bridge - Licensed to build seaside resorts to attract tourists to the south-central province of Binh Thuan, some investors have been mining for titanium right at their project sites instead.

VietNamNet Bridge - People have always identified Quang Ngai Province with the infamous ‘My Lai Massacre’ at the Son My site and unfortunately to date Quang Ngai Province does not exist on any tourist route or itinerary.   

U.S. space shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station on Sunday morning after nearly two days of flight.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved an investment of US$190 billion for a socio-eco master plan for Hanoi aimed at sustainable economic and social development of the city for the period 2011-2020 and its orientation till 2030.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Mekong Delta provinces are in the midst of their peak harvest season with a bumper summer-autumn rice crop this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Apart from foreign owned Vietnamobile, the domestic telecom market is dominated by Vietnamese network providers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Ever since the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Circular No.20 regulating new procedures for passenger cars of less than 10 seats, many car importers have shut shop while consumers are paying sky high prices for cars.

VietNamNet Bridge - Tensions in the disputed waters of the East Sea threaten to distract Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a visit to China intended to build on a recent thaw in bilateral military ties.

VietNamNet Bridge - A club comprising 30 companies allowed to serve Thai and Lao visitors to central Vietnam will organize a trip to Chiang Mai of Thailand in September to promote road tours for Thais, the club chairman said.

Hanoi heavy rains uproot tree; cars damaged; HCM City fines market violators; Techcombank official surrenders over $680k debt; Power cuts, inflation worry investors

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of local shamans, who play important roles in the life of various ethnic groups, is slowly reducing, putting traditional local customs at risk,

A study from Australia's University of Adelaide found smoking men are less likely to need hip and knee replacements as they get older, researchers said on Friday.

While Vietnam annually tries to find its representatives for international beauty contests, many winners of local pageants are neglected.

VietNamNet Bridge – Cooking rice, cleaning house, washing dishes, sewing, etc. are housework that Saigonese children had to do during the four-day course on living skills in the resort city of Da Lat.

VietNamNet Bridge –More than 10,000 tourists and locals gathered on Lang Co Beach in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on Saturday for the opening of the Lang Co Festival 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – Doubts have been cast on the feasibility of targets set for a new programme in Viet Nam to control the imbalance of the sexes at birth.

VietNamNet Bridge – Top middle-distance runner Truong Thanh Hang clocked 2 minutes 1.41 seconds to win gold in the women's 800m event at the Asian Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan, yesterday, July 10.

Nearby markets are the ones that Vietnamese travel firms are targeting now, because they believe that in the context of economic difficulties, when travelers have to fasten their belt, they would plan short-distance tours to save up money.

VietNamNet Bridge – It is estimated 80 per cent of traditional craft villages in northern Thanh Hoa Province do not have industrial waste treatment facilities.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 2nd Plenum of the Party Central Committee ended yesterday, July 10, after agreeing to a list of 24 ‘crucial' issue groups that need to be prioritised to meet requirements set by the Party's 11th National Congress.