vntraveler.com provides updated travel warnings and safety for tourists to Vietnam plus destination guide, travel tips and answers on travel topics in Vietnam.

www.vntraveler.com/

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Website with a good up-to-date list of local restaurants, bars, hotels, accommodation, and all matters of other types of businesses.

This site is geared towards the expat living in Saigon for the most part and focuses on the District 1.

The discussion forum doesn't seem to have much traffic.

www.whatsonsaigon.com

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Vietnam Travel Watch is a non-profit weblog offering travel warnings and safety notices for travelers to Vietnam.

Updated weekly.

www.vietnamtravelwatch.com/

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Why not check out the blogs of people living in Vietnam. They often have posts and pictures of news and events of the country before any else. An interesting way to learn more about a country!

Some examples:
www.layered.typepad.com
www.chrisfharvey.typepad.com
www.saigonnezumi.com
www.itsthefinalword.blogspot.com

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Great shop and website for reproductions, souvenirs and books on Vietnam propaganda art in downtown Ho Chi Minh City.

43 Ton That Thiep, District 1;
29A Dong Khoi, District 1;
www.dogmavietnam.com

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Many excellent bars for westerners in downtown Saigon (District 1), such as:

Number 5, 5 Ly Tu Trong;
Bottom Line, 21 Ton Duc Thang;
Nguyen Du Brauhof, 98 Nguyen Du;
Sheridan's 17/13 Le Thanh Ton;
Rex Rooftop Bar, Rex Hotel, 141 Nguyen Du.

See more on our magazine Saigon Inside Out.

www.saigoninsideout.com

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"From gutter grub to gourmet tables, Noodlepie is a blog about scoff and swill in Saigon". I write it - so please excuse the self-promotion - having said that, it is a useful guide that takes in the places and the dishes from the pavement up that other guides don't often get to grips with.

www.noodlepie.com

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