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August 2019
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…
Find out more »Hanoi City Walks (Japanese) – City Walk: French Architecture (日本語でのツアーです）
ハノイ街歩き： フレンチ建築ツアー 19世紀後半から20世紀半ばまで、フランスの植民地だったベトナム。 今もその時代の名残が街の至る所に数多くあります。 当時フランス人が住み、政治の中心となっていた場所を一緒に散策しませんか？ ハノイ国家大学、オペラハウス、チャンティエン通り、ソフィテルメトロポールなどをご案内いたします。 日時： ９月１３日（金曜日） 9：00～2時間程度 集合場所： ハノイ国家大学前（19 Le Thanh Tong,Hoan Kiem） 費用： 70,000VND Hanoi National University (19 Le Thanh Tong) 定員： 8名 申込み先：https://forms.gle/H867gvSV1oAFGCKL7 ご質問等はこちらのメールまで fvh.citywalks.japanese@gmail.com （担当：剱持、花里、紙谷）
Find out more »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…
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