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November 2019
Hanoi City Walks: Ba Đình & French Quarter (Khu phố Pháp)
FVH event part of the Vietnam Festival of Media & Design : Hanoi 2019 “CELEBRATING THE CREATIVE CITY” Activity: city walk This walking tour gives an overview of the changes to Hanoi during the French colonial period in Vietnam, which lasted more than six decades. By the late 1880s, the French controlled Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, collectively known as Indochine Français (French Indochina). We touch on the development of the education system, town planning and architecture (including that of the political and…
Find out more »Book Club – Floating lives by Nguyễn Ngọc Tư
Floating Lives by Nguyễn Ngọc Tư The first collection of short stories in English by the award-winning Vietnamese writer Nguyễn Ngọc Tư (b. 1976). The stories in this collection are Chekhovian tales of Mekong Delta natives living economically poor but emotionally rich lives. Love, romance, regret, and the mystery of life permeate all the stories. The Swedish critic Stefan Jonsson writes, "These are stories of the highest class, just as perfect and strict in form as a story by Chekhov, and…
Find out more »Hanoi City walk (English) – Hoàn Kiếm lake area
FVH event part of the Vietnam Festival of Media & Design : Hanoi 2019 “CELEBRATING THE CREATIVE CITY” Activity: city walk Our walk starts in front of the Lý Thái Tổ statue with a brief introduction to the founder of Hanoi. As we stroll the surrounding streets bordering Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi’s heart, we discuss legends, points of interest, the stories, touch on architecture and the French influence. This walk is a neat compact introduction to this part of the city and hopefully you will…
Find out more »Cultural Series. Talk/lecture on the History of Publishing in Vietnam
Vietnam has a strong tradition in learning, partly thanks to the Confucian influence. The country has very high literacy rates, now 97.3% with a strong reading culture as shown by the fact Vietnam has more bookshops and publishing houses than other SE Asian countries. We are delighted that Dr Trần Đoàn Lâm (Editor in Chief of Thế Giới publishers), one FVH’s favourite speakers, will talk about the HISTORY OF PUBLISHING IN VIETNAM. This is a whistlestop ‘tour’ covering the essentials…
Find out more »Craft workshop – Kirigami. Paper Cutting
FVH event part of the Vietnam Festival of Media & Design : Hanoi 2019 “CELEBRATING THE CREATIVE CITY” Activity: traditional craft workshop If you love paper and making your own decorative items from paper, then you will love this workshop. Over the 2.5 hours, you will be able to create some lovely cut paper images and designs using basic Kirigami techniques. These are mostly based symmetrical designs, for your personal interest or home decoration. The instructor will guide you in your artwork…
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