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September 2025
Hanoi City walk (English a.m) – silver & coffee: Hàng Bạc to Nguyễn Hữu Huân
‘SILVER, COFFEE, REVOLUTION AND ICE CREAM’ A short distance as the crow flies. But we take the long way round zig zagging up and down the streets in this familiar area of the Old Quarter to discover the unfamiliar – from Đinh Liệt and Hang Bac to Cầu Gỗ and Nguyễn Hữu Huân streets. We touch on many subjects from the birth of silver making in Hanoi, how Hong Kong cinema came to share space with Cải Lương folk opera, and the…
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Excursion (half day p.m) – Mid-Autumn festival rabbit lantern workshop & Hậu Ái village communal house – FULL
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST TO LY'S EMAIL BELOW. THANKS MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL RABBIT LANTERN WORKSHOP. Each year on the 15th day of the 8th month (this year in the solar calendar its 6 October) Vietnam celebrates the mid-autumn festival – Tết Trung Thu; hence, in preparation, some of our September events have a mid-autumn festival theme and flavour. This is the 2nd of 2 differnt lantern making workshops this month. Every Vietnamese child dreams about…
Find out more »Hanoi City walk (ENG a.m) – Foggy Nights and Misty Mornings – FULL
THIS WALK IS FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST. THANKS Tây Hồ past and present A new FVH walk focused on a very well known area for many of us but you may be surprised to discover new areas and alleys within this familiar homely neighbourhood. Let's go exploring the former villages of Nghi Tàm and Tứ Liên in the Southeast of Tây Hồ, where on foggy nights and misty mornings history was made and legends were born. We will…
Find out more »Cultural series – Lectures with Lâm : Taosim in Vietnam
Taoism is a religious/philosophical tradition originating in China, dating from around the 4th century BC. It emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao. Central to the Taoist philosophy is duality and living with opposites. Yang is male, associated with the sun, hot, active, rigid and conformist. Yin is female, associated with the earth, cool, passive, flexible and unorthodox. This principle applies to all elements of existence. Taoism encourages a pure and simple life, harmony between each other, nature and the universe. Once…
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