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April 2021
calligraphy and book exhibition of Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh
Evening event in honour of the grand opening of the calligraphy and book exhibition of Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh Venue: Vietnam University of Fine Arts, No 42 Yet Kieu St https://goo.gl/maps/xdVjPps2ZxYgigAM7 The occasion will be In ENG and VN FYI background info on Thích Nhất Hạnh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Nh%E1%BA%A5t_H%E1%BA%A1nh The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called him a friend and recommended him for the 1967 Nobel Peace Prize. Years later, leaders of major tech companies embraced the Zen master’s teachings.…
Find out more »Excursion – Tam Đảo and Animals Asia Bear sanctuary – FULL
THIS EXCURSION IS NOW FULL. ANY NEW RSPVs WILL BE ADDED TO THE WAITING LIST. THANK YOU Join us on our 3rd time in the past 3-4 years as we visit the former French hill station of Tam Đảo, 85 km northwest of Hanoi. Its higher elevation and cooler temperatures than Hanoi. The highlight of this excursion is our morning visit to the Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre. Animals Asia established this centre to provide bears rescued from illegal bear bile…
Find out more »Craft Workshop: Dó paper book binding
Apologies update timing 9.30am to 11.30am (not 10am which was moved from 2pm) Book binding We make 1-2 small notebooks from dó paper and can use one of a variety of ways to bind them. The Zó project helps support the paper-making communities in Hoa Binh creating job opportunities and stable incomes for the ethnic minority in the Northern province . FVH regularly teams up to run small workshops – we benefit from a reduced price. Calligraphy on dó paper Book binding Fan…
Find out more »Music event – The Hope Choir celebrates VN day of people with disabilities
We are invited to attend a concert by the Hope Choir singers and folk instrumentalists to celebrate this year's Vietnam Disabilities Day on 18 April 2021. The venue is the Cultural Exchange Centre at 50 Dao Duy Tu which is dedicated to the history and preservation of Hanoi’s Old Quarter. The choir is a group of singers and folk musicians who are blind or a few of them are severely visually impaired. They are amazing – not because they are…
Find out more »Hanoi city walk (English) – the Ngọc Hà (former flower village) area – FULL
This tour is already full - a rush for sign up within an hour. Please RSVP for the waiting list.' Thanks This is a new walk for the English walks section around the former Ngọc Hà village This area was famous for is floriculture and Ngoc Ha village has a long-standing history of planting flowers since the Tran dynasty and it became a well known area during French colonial time. Its flower growing industry has long gone, but as we …
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