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December 2019
Christmas Film Night – Vê Quê An Têt (Going Home for Tet)
“Vê Quê An Têt” (Going home for Tet) by Director Nguyen Hoang Anh The film tells the story of a young driver, played by Jun Pham who faces problems on his trip to return home before Tet. It is also about a group of passengers on a bus from Saigon to Cau Mau heading home for the big holiday. This gentle cheerful comedy is about serious issues like love and life. It was produced by Studio 68 with the participation of famous…
Find out more »Christmas Day Hanoi City Walk (English): Lê Duản street & surrounding area – FULL
THIS WALK IS NOW FULL. PLEASE EMAIL STELLA TO BE ON THE WAITING LIST. ALSO DEPENDING ON NUMBERS WE MAY RUN THIS WALK AGAIN XMAS DAY AFTERNOON OR BOXING DAY AFTERNOON Join us for a stroll around Lê Duản street and the surrounding area for our Christmas Day morning walk. Starting at Cửa Nam, we explore the history of the former south gate, the nearby streets and their stores . Who was the ‘French Lady with the flared skirt, where were parasols were traded, which…
Find out more »Boxing Day Hanoi city walks (English) – Đền Quán Thánh & Trúc Bạch Lake + Ngũ Xã island – FULL
THIS WALK IS FULL - PLEASE SIGN UP FOR THE WAITING LIST Join us for our Boxing Day morning walk. This walk has been done very recently but it was very popular and there has been a request to hold it again. Please arrive by 8.50am ready to start the tour at 9am. Meet outside Đền Quán Thánh, the almost purely Taoist temple with 350-year-old bronze statue of Trấ́́n Vũ. While the main theme of this walk is bronze casting, we…
Find out more »January 2020
Hanoi city walk (English) – Bạch Mã temple and surrounding area – FULL
THIS WALK AND THAT ON 19 JANUARY ARE FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST Welcome to a stroll around some of Hanoi’s Old Quarter and the ’36 Streets’. This is the Bạch Mã temple walk where we discover why a white horse was so instrumental in the building of the Thang Long citadel, how the trade of Hàng Buồm street today with its alcohol shops and bars is a far cry from its original trade, we visit a number of lesser known…
Find out more »Lecture: Tết Lunar New Year Traditions – The Kitchen God (Ông Táo) – FULL
Governed by tradition, taboos and legends, Tết Nguyên Đán welcomes the Lunar New Year and spring’s arrival. It is Vietnam’s most important festival and public holiday. The lunar and solar calendars are linked in Vietnam. The former dictates the observance of festivals and rituals according to cycles of the moon. Hence, Tết dates are not fixed. The New Year starts on the first night of the first moon of the first month of the lunar calendar. Also known as The ‘Feast of the First…
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