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September 2019
Craft workshop: Dó Paper lampshade/lantern making
Lampshade making Another activity linked to the mid-autumn festival. This month we are making one type of lampshade from dó paper. Zó project is a social business which preserves, supports and expands Vietnamese traditional paper (dó paper) and its making technique in a sustainable and creative way. The idea for the Zó project came from the passion of founder, Trần Hồng Nhung. Zó project is a young dynamic team bringing back traditional values into modern society. In return, profits are ploughed back into the paper-making community…
Find out more »Hanoi city walk (English) – Bạch Mã temple and surrounding area
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 and hidden places of worship and find hidden alleys. We start at Hàng Buồm, Bạch Mã temple…
Find out more »FVH Film night special – double bill. A tribute to Wilfred Burchett
FVH special film night – double bill Honouring the life of Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett (16/09/1911-27/09/1983). Happy birthday for today - his 108th birthday (1) 19:00 - 20:00: (movie) PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE (1981) – 1hr (2) 20:00 - 20:15: George Burchett gives a short intro to the next movie - Wilfred Burchett visiting the southern liberated zones (3) 20:15 - 21:10: (movie) JOURNALIST WILFRED BURCHETT VISITS THE LIBERATED ZONES OF SOUTH VIETNAM (1964) 55mins (concludes) 21:10 - 22:00: Q&A with George Burchett Detail…
Find out more »UNIS Hanoi Community Fair morning
Come and meet us at our table at UNIS Hanoi's annual community morning event Welcome to FVH's 20th anniversary year
Find out more »Hanoi city walk (English) – Bạch Mã temple – FULL
This walk is FULL. Welcome to a stroll around some of Hanoi’s Old Quarter's ’36 Streets’. This is the Bach Ma temple walk where we discover why a white horse was so instrumental in the building of the Thang Long citadel, how the trade of Hang Buom street today with its alcohol shops and bars is a far cry from its original business, we visit a number of lesser known and hidden places of worship and find hidden alleys. We start…
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