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August 2020
Cultural Series. Talk/lecture on Buddhism in Vietnam with Dr Trần Đoàn Lâm – FULL
THIS TALK IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST “Vietnamese Buddhism is similar to Chinese Buddhism and has elements found Japanese Zen, Chinese Cha’n, Tibetan Buddhism and Amitabha ("Pure Land") Buddhism. Most Buddhists in Vietnam belong to the Mahayana school. The main exception is the Mekong Delta area, where many belong to the Theravada school.” (extract from the facts and detail website) This month's talk with Lâm is about Buddhism. How many times do we visit pagodas and want…
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Bookclub – “The best we could do” by Thi Bui
“This illustrated memoir is about the search for a better future and a longing for the past. Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, Bui documents the story of her family’s daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves. At the heart of Bui’s story is a universal struggle: while adjusting to life as a first-time…
Find out more »Art installation tour/walk – Phúc Tân public art project – FULL
(start time may change to 6pm as dusk is arriving earlier) THIS TOUR IS NOW FULL. We now have a waiting list. This is a regular event and those on the waiting list will take priority for the next tour. Please sign up for the waiting list Now a regular event for FVH with Nguyễn Thế Sơn who takes us on an evening tour of the 16 inspirational public artworks in Phúc Tân ward between Long Biên and Chương Dương Bridges. The artists helped…
Find out more »Hanoi City Walk (English) – Yết Kiêu street area – FULL
THIS WALK IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST AS THE WAITING LIST WILL TAKE PRIORITY FOR THE NEXT TIME WE DO THIS WALK We start our stroll from outside the Friendship culture palace on Trần Hưng Đạo street up to Thiền Quang Lake and back up via Yết Kiêu Street. We look at the previous lives of some buildings, we visit some pagodas you may not have been to before, review how and why Thống Nhất Park was…
Find out more »Hanoi City Walk (Japanese): National Museum of History
歴史博物館ツアー 9月のツアーは、暑さを避け、涼しい歴史博物館の室内で、展示品を見ながらベトナムの歴史についてわかりやすく解説します。 日時： 9月15日（水曜日） 9：30～2時間程度 集合場所： 歴史博物館 チケット売り場前 費用： 11,000VND （入場料込み） 定員： 10名 申込み先：https://forms.gle/Tw48xJdgxMpF12beA ご質問等はこちらのメールまで fvh.citywalks.japanese@gmail.com （担当：稲垣 美山 熊倉）
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