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June 2025
Excursion half day a.m: The story of tofu (visit to Xuân Canh village, Đông Anh) – waiting list
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST. This event is run on 2 days as we can only take 5 pax per session, so when RSVPing please state which date: 31 May OR 1 June. Thanks Some scholars believe tofu arrived in Vietnam during the 10th and 11th centuries. It spread to other parts of Southeast Asia as well. This probably coincided with the spread of Buddhism as it is an important source of protein in…
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Arts and craft workshop – Hàng Trống painting on dó paper – FULL
THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST. THANKS We run a number of art workshops with 2 young artists Linh and Nhung, who graduated from the Fine Arts University 2-3 years ago. They are often creating new workshops that we love to try out. This month’s workshop is painting mages from Hàng Trống folk paintings on dó paper. Hàng Trống painting is a genre of traditional woodcut painting originating in Northern Vietnam in the 17th century, associated…
Find out more »September 2025
Excursion morning: The story of tofu (visit to Xuân Canh village, Đông Anh) with Ngọc’s tofu tours
TOFU TOURS FOR SEPTEMBER (FVH SUPPORTING NGOC WITH HER TOFU TOURS) Meet our friend and local guide Ngọc, who lives in Xuân Canh village (Đông Anh, Hà Nội on the other side of the Đuống River). This is also home to a charming couple and the only place in her hometown where the traditional method of making tofu is still strictly followed step by step. PLEASE RSVP DIRECT TO NGOC FOR THESE TOURS Tours are run on the following dates…
Find out more »Craft workshop (a.m): fabric fruit from ethnic minority textiles
In 2023 we started running some workshops with Huyen of Textile Linker fame who teamed up with Thuy who founded Chie Dù Pù Dù Pà in Hang Trong street to run craft workshops. Always looking for a new item for a workshop, this month we will make 3 frabric fruit. The bodies (the fruit are a fairly large size so will need a lot of cotton suffing) are pre-sewn, and we fill them with cotton wool stuffing and hand sew…
Find out more »People of the Old Quarter – personal war stories from a mooncake artisan – FUL
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL. PLEASE SIGN UP VIA THE EMAIL BELOW FOR THE WAITING LIST. THANKS We have met a wonderful 90 year old war veteran - Phương Soát - and now mooncake making artisan who we are including in our People of the Old Quarter series. In this section we meet people who were born, and living and working in the very heart of the Old Quarter so they can share their unique and personal life stories. While we…
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