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October 2019
1 day excursion. Textile Museum and Xối Trì village Nam Định – FULL
THIS TOUR IS FULL. WE HAVE STARTED A WAITING LIST. AND WE MAY HAVE A CHANCE TO RUN THIS TOUR AGAIN BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR A two-part excursion to Nam Định Province , about 90km south of Hanoi. It has a rich culture, history and architecture. In today’s excursion we visit the Nhà Bảo Tàng Dệt May (Vietnam Textile Museum) and 1 of only 3 families who make the iconic ‘Bia Hoi’ glasses. Plus we will see other areas as…
Find out more »Film night – Chuyện tử tế (The Story of Kindness)
We are excited to be screening a fascinating documentary film for October: Chuyện tử tế (The Story of Kindness - also referred to as How to Behave) by Director Trần Văn Thủy We are honoured that Thủy will attend our movie night. He will introduce the film which will be followed by Q&A with him. “The idea of "kindness" or “tử tế” in Vietnamese, has its origin in two old Chinese-Vietnamese words. “Tử” means the smallest element while “tế” is the subtlest matter. These…
Find out more »Hanoi City Walk (English) – Tràng Tiền street and surrounding area
Tràng Tiền and surrounding roads such as Hàng Bài, Bà Triệu, Hàng Khay etc. are familiar to most of us. As we stroll these streets we will touch on the area’s development from the early days of Hanoi through the French period to the present time, hear some of its eclectic stories and history, notes on theatre and the cinema and the former ‘lives’ of some familiar and not so familiar buildings. Hopefully you will discover things you didn’t know about…
Find out more »Craft workshop – indigo dyeing workshop – FULL
THIS IS FULL. Please sign up for the waiting list The Indigo Store has long been a friend good friend of FVH – in fact it is also 20 years old this year – like us. Duong Thi Thanh and her team at the Indigo Store preserve and restore the traditional culture of the Black Tay ethnic minority in Sapa, support about 120 producers across 7 different ethnic minorities in the production of organic plants, handmade textiles and employ disabled/deaf staff…
Find out more »November 2019
Excursion – Thạch Xá Bamboo Dragonfly Village and Tây Phương Pagoda
FVH event part of the Vietnam Festival of Media & Design : Hanoi 2019 "CELEBRATING THE CREATIVE CITY" Activity: day excursion Thạch Xá craft village (appx 35-40 km from Hanoi) is famous for its wonderfully famous coloured, balancing bamboo dragonflies. Originally, they were made for children; the trade has now blossomed into one of Vietnam’s leading crafts. We visit the village, meet the first bamboo dragonfly making artisan, learn how they are made and decorate our own dragonflies. Thạch Xá…
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