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Vietnam blogs
Over the last month or so I've been making a note of blogs I come across originating from somewhere in Vietnam. Quite a range of voices here it seems. Admittedly I've only skimmed through most of these and my descriptions of them could be way off. If you write one of them, or read one regularly, and have a better description, let me know. Likewise if you know of any I've missed, drop a comment.
Royby.com: The personal weblog of a chap teaching "Web Construction" at RMIT International University. Some snaps. Saigon.
Remittance Girl: "Mutlimedia designer, wannabe writer, general all around curious person." Another personal weblog. Maybe you can help her identify her orchids, 'cos I haven't got the foggiest. Check your spelling RG... Mutlimedia... ??? Saigon.
No Star Where - Personal weblog, looking for a job (I think) and links to local news and me. Saigon.
Here I go again - Newbie EFL Teacher called Alison Bradley. Saigon.
Our Man in Hanoi - KOTO PR fundraising maestro, VSO volunteer, regular commenter at noodlepie and fellow lover of the great British greasy spoon. Hanoi.
I love the smell of coffee in the morning... -
Inactive since Sept, 2004. It's back. Hanoi.Pourqois non? - EFL teaching and yeast infections from Carrie. Saigon.
Vietish - Another VSO volunteer and TV star based in beautiful Yen Bai City
Toi la Nguoi - Angst and problems I think. Not sure how to categorise this. No capital letters and a bit kind of stream of troubled conciousness... or something. Saigon.
Nhin cai ga? - Personal weblog of Linda Park in English with pictures. Saigon.
upside gone: down in saigon - Beers, girls, shagging and no capital letters. Saigon.
Cottontimer - LiveJournal of an expat Mum in Saigon, regular commenter at noodlepie, pondering a move to Typepad. She updates her site daily and has lots of photos. Saigon.
Good Morning Vietnam - Diary style weblog of Minty Russel. Saigon, I think.
Virtual Doug - Vietnam Vet and teacher. Hue.
Our Hanoi Blog - Personal weblog from a Network Engineer/Mac user. With some pics. Hanoi.
Wendy Yanagihara in Vietnam - Lonely Planet writer updating Southeast Asia on a Shoestring. Vietnamwide.
My Tho, Vietnam Surgical Trip - Interesting diary of an Interplast Surgical Volunteer. My Tho
Ed and Oren's Vietnam Bike Ride Blog - Self explanatory. Vietnamwide.
NamViet.net - General stuff, some politics. In English and Vietnamese. Dunno where.
Blo-Chi-Minh - In French. All about living and travelling in Vietnam. Inactive since June, 2004. Dunno location.
Vietnamese God - By a Vietnamese guy from Nha Trang, but living in Hanoi. He blogs in English. Good English. Hanoi/Nha Trang.
The Alpha Project - Diary come novel come stream of conciousness. Some pics. Hanoi.
Hanoi Days - Diary style written by JC, a British guy working for the Bao Nhan Dan Newspaper. Some pics. Hanoi
Philip's Vietnam Diary - Diary of experiences cataloguing Philip's time in Vietnam from August 2004 - August 2005. Some photo albums. Saigon.
Ipa Nima - A blog by bag designer Christina all about her Ipa-Nima hand bags. Think I read about her in TIME a few weeks back. Hanoi.
Xin Chao Vietnam - Ola! A travelogue blog in Spanish with pics. Vietnamwide.
Jess on the road - "Vietnam/Cambodia 2005: Travels of a former business journalist." Vietnamwide.
Diary of love - In Vietnamese. Not sure what it's about. Love?
Tuyen Dung - In Vietnamese. Techy, computer stuff. I think.
The Rice Bowl - A yoga practicing English teacher. Saigon
Down and Out in Saigon - Blog of another expat teaching English. Saigon.
Travelblog - Saigon - Blogs and travel journals from the south of Vietnam. Some pics.
Thanh Long - A travel blog. Experiences in Vietnam by Sean Lovell. Hanoi.
Vietnam Journalism - Vietnamese journalist Le Quoc Minh provides insight into journalism in Vietnam including 'personal stories by journalists on their life and work.'
Quite a Saigon bias by the looks of things. Hope some more crawl out of the concrete. Meanwhile, see noodlepie's stats below. If you look very closely you might just be able to pinpoint exactly when a major US newspaper mentioned this very blog.
Posted on April 14, 2005 at 02:41 PM in Non food natter | Permalink
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Hello Pieman
Three friends of mine have blogs, all from Ha Noi. Check them out if you're interested.
vietnamesegod.blogspot.com
thealphaproject.blogspot.com
hanoidays.blogspot.com
Thanks for the info on the other bloggers, always interesting to see other perspectives!
Cheers
K
Posted by: Kate | April 15, 2005 02:12 PM
Thanks, much appreciated. Have updated. I had comes across Hanoi Days, forgot about it, cheers for the reminder.
Posted by: pieman | April 15, 2005 02:41 PM
and then there is ipa-nima.typepad.com, quite related to the Capital City.
Posted by: Ipa-Nima | April 15, 2005 05:29 PM
the smell of coffee in the morning is back.
And by the way - I've always very much enjoyed your noodles!
Posted by: hanoiblogger | April 15, 2005 06:32 PM
Hi man,
I am a blogger in Hanoi but I use Vietnamese in my blogs in http://phpVietnam.net and http://javanoob.blogspot.com. Could I join your list?
Thanks,
pcdinh
Posted by: pcdinh | April 16, 2005 12:08 AM
is there a problem w/only lowercase???
Just Curious...
Posted by: mindy | April 16, 2005 04:56 AM
Thanks for finding me noodlepie. Yes indeed,I'm the world's fastest and worst typist! which is why I'm a wannabe writer and not a real one.
Thanks for the "Mi Chu Tac" tip - went there last week. Ngon za mang!
Posted by: remittance girl | April 17, 2005 07:41 PM
Thanks pcdinh - for some reason I can't get into any blogspot and blogger sites today. As soon as I can and check them, I'll add themt o the list.
Mindy, you mean apart fromt he obvious?
R Girl, glad someone's actually trying the stuff I like :)
Posted by: pieman | April 18, 2005 09:11 AM
Another vietnamese blog (in spanish): http://xinchao-vietnam.blogspot.com
Posted by: melo | April 18, 2005 09:07 PM
Great list! It can be hard to find others who are in the same "exotic" locale. Thanks for the mention. :)
Posted by: Lei | April 19, 2005 10:58 PM
Dear all,
I use blogging but not in this English. It has only limited readers.
I suggest you all to use Esperanto in stead.
Just check about this language at www.esperanto.net
Thanks,
Razeno
Posted by: Razeno | April 21, 2005 06:23 PM
the beautiful thing about all lowercase is that it frees you up from having to waste time on trivial grammatical rules. which means more "stream of troubled consciousness". or something.
Posted by: toilanguoi | April 21, 2005 08:00 PM
Hi mate,
I enjoy reading your blog. Quite a lot of kool links. Keep up the good job
Cheers,
Posted by: Andrew Nguyen | April 23, 2005 08:54 PM
Great Blog!
I have a Vietnam blog too, HCMC based, another teacher (yawn) Check it out!
Posted by: Nicky | May 18, 2005 11:31 AM
3-week trip by photographer/publisher: SFO to Bangkok/Saigon/Mui Ne/Phu Quoc Island/Chou Doc/Phnom Penh/Vientiane/Luang Prabang/Bangkok to SFO. Silk weavers, backpackers, island resort $15 per night, swimming in the Mekong, the cave of 4000 Buddhas...
Posted by: Lloyd Kahn | May 27, 2005 02:41 AM