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August 2019
Craft workshop: Dó Paper Earring making
Earring making 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. The Zó project is a young dynamic team wishing to bring back traditional values into modern society. In return, profits are ploughed back into the community of paper-makers creating job opportunities and providing stable incomes for the ethnic minority village…
Find out more »Craft workshop – Herbal Dyeing workshop
NB - this workshop is not using indigo dye but other types of dyes and colours extracted different plants and herbs (the next indigo dyeing workshop will be in October) 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,…
Find out more »FVH film night – Dòng Máu Anh Hùng / The Rebel
The film “The Rebel (Dòng Máu Anh Hùng)” directed by Charlie Nguyen. Starring Johnny Tri Nguyen, Dustin Nguyen and Veronica Ngo. The movie is set in French-occupied Vietnam in 1922, where peasant rebellions against the French colonialists have erupted throughout the country. In response, the French have created units of Vietnamese secret agents to track down and eliminate the rebels. One of the agents is Le Van Cuong who begins to struggle and question his allegiance. When a high ranking French official is assassinated Cuong's…
Find out more »September 2019
1 day excursion – Hạ Thái village (lacquer & lanterns) FULL
PLEASE NOTE THIS TOUR IS NOW FULL We are now running a waiting list and will be in touch if any spaces become available. Thanks. When exploring imperial architecture, ancient houses, Buddhism and temples in Vietnam, horizontal boards, parallel sentences and statues are clearly identifiable and beautifully decorated in red and yellow. The art of decorating these works developed alongside Vietnam’s history and many famous craft villages still exist today. According to some documents, this profession has an 800 year-old…
Find out more »Bookclub – The Sorrow War by Bảo Ninh
For September 2019 we will be reading: The Sorrow of War by Bảo Ninh “The first critical portrayal of life in the North Vietnamese army ever to appear in Vietnam . . .”—Time “Vaults over all the American fiction that came out of the Vietnam War to take its place alongside the greatest war novel of the century, All Quiet on the Western Front. And this is to understate its qualities, for, unlike All Quiet, it is a novel about much more…
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