As I miss Vietnam a great deal, I love keeping tabs on what is happening in Vietnam by reading blogs of people who are still there. Here's a quick run down of some of my favourites - let me know if there's anything I've missed!

News in Vietnam

Thanh Nien - Possibly my favourite as it often has a fair amount of analysis - certainly a lot more than you'd find in Viet Nam News!
VietNamNet Bridge - Translates and publishes news from a wide range of sources

Vietnamese Food

Gastronomy provides lots of reviews and photos of great street food from around Saigon and Asia as a whole.. I'm quite jealous of how much she gets about, actually!
Sticky Rice blogs on tasty treats from around Hanoi
Noodlepie doesn't live in Saigon anymore but still blogs about Vietnam from time to time - still very useful if you're craving a particular dish though as you can look up your favourites and get suggestions on good places to eat them

Vietnam's Development

Vietnam Streets - the blog of the excellent Blue Dragon Children's Foundation in Hanoi, contains some amazing stories about the lives of children in Vietnam

Antidote to Burnout Written by Mel Scheneck, an architect from San Francisco who's relocated to Saigon, who writes some very interesting round-ups of the current plans for redevelopment of HCMC, the big infrastructure projects etc as well as slices of life and travel stories

Its the final word is written by Jon Hoff, an English teacher living in Saigon who also blogs on the plans for the future of the city. He also operated his own tour agency, Connections Vietnam.

Photos + Photo blogs

Saigon Today, by Simon Kutcher, is a great photoblog of views from around Saigon and Vietnam as a whole - i love it.

Photography Community - A Photography community, photographers can make own albumn, upload their photo, comment and vote for others. Free too joint.

Life in Vietnam

Saigon Blues
Charvey in Vietnam
Saigon Nezumi - A Japanese-American IT expert in Saigon
Vietnam Travel Notes - Adam Bray keeps us up to date with travel news and adventures