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May 2019
Cultural Series – Lecture. “ Đông Sơn Tools; history, technology and style”. Talk with Mark Rapoport
There is something mystical about the Bronze Age. It is amazing to find a tool or implement that was made and used by a person over 2000 years ago. The Bronze Age in Viet Nam began around 1000 BC when a civilization discovered that they could create metal by heating certain rocks (called ores) until the metals came out of them. The Dong Son period was the first great civilization in Viet Nam, and most tools were made of bronze.…
Find out more »Talk: at home with Vietnamese Composer Nguyễn Văn Quỳ – FULL
THIS EVENT IS FULL. REGISTRATIONS ARE BEING TAKEN FOR THE WAITING LIST. THANKS On 30 October 2018 FVH and UNIS Hanoi staged a very successful and moving evening where we paid tribute to Nguyễn Văn Quỳ's sonatas, songs and poetry. Quỳ, nicknamed the Beethoven of Vietnam, while frail still retains a very sharp focused mind. He loves meeting people especially those interested in music, French, his life, Vietnam, teaching etc. He has always said his 3 passions in life are Vietnam, teaching…
Find out more »Hanoi City walk MID-WEEK (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 »Excursion: Ước Lễ Village and Hồ Chí Minh Trail Museum
Ước Lễ Village, Tân Ước Commune, Thanh Oai District, Hà Nội and Hồ Chí Minh Trail Museum, Yên Nghĩa, Hà Đông, Hà Nội Full day excursion. Visit Ước Lễ village in Hà Tây one of the less well known/touristic ancient villages outside Hanoi. Ước Lễ Village is an ancient village located about 30km west of Hanoi. It is famous for pork paste (giò lụa) making profession and its old village gate which bears the inscription “Mỹ Tục Khả Phong” (good traditions). In…
Find out more »Sóc Sơn volunteers – English language activities
For Sóc Sơn SIGNED UP VOLUNTEERS ONLY Our volunteers are next at Soc Son on Sunday 19 May 2019 If you are interested in joining our volunteer team, please email Stella – stella@fvheritage.org We meet a few weeks before each session to plan or communicate by email. We travel out by public bus (numbers 58 and 64) and back by taxi (FVH pays for the taxi back to Tay Ho) Note this day is the last before the summer holiday so there will…
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