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January 2025
Craft workshop: painting on glass (for Tết) – 2 spaces
AS OF A.M 7 JANUARY MAX 2 SPACES LEFT We run a number of art workshops with 2 young artists Linh and Nhung, who graduated from the Fine Arts University 2-3 years ago. They are often creating new workshops that we love to try out. For this month we have a new workshop – painting on glass. And as it’s the month of Tết images will be Tết-focused. Using patterns we draw directly onto the glass, drawing out the outline…
Find out more »Lecture: Tết Lunar New Year Traditions – The Kitchen God (Ông Táo) – nearly full
OUR ANNUAL TET EVENT – THE LEGEND OF THE KITCHEN GOD Held on Kitchen God day (22 January 2025, 23 December lunar calendar) Governed by tradition, taboos and legends, Tết Nguyên Đán welcomes the Lunar New Year and spring’s arrival. It is Vietnam’s most important festival and public holiday. The lunar and solar calendars are linked in Vietnam. The former dictates the observance of festivals and rituals according to cycles of the moon. Hence, Tết dates are not fixed. The New Year starts on…
Find out more »Hanoi city walk (English) morning: Nguyễn Công Trứ Street and surrounding area
Our walk starts outside number 5D Hàm Long street, where the first Communist Party Cell of Hanoi was established. Then along Lò Đúc Street to the Pasteur gardens, and outside the National Institute of Hygiene & Epidemiology (originally the Pasteur Institute). Back up Lò Đúc and to Nguyễn Công Trứ Street. Carry on to Hai Bà Trưng Lake and the temple complex opposite where we touch on the Hai Bà Trưng sisters’ era and their contribution to Vietnamese history (we…
Find out more »Hanoi city walk (English) afternoon: Nguyễn Công Trứ Street and surrounding area
Our walk starts outside number 5D Hàm Long street, where the first Communist Party Cell of Hanoi was established. Then along Lò Đúc Street to the Pasteur gardens, and outside the National Institute of Hygiene & Epidemiology (originally the Pasteur Institute). Back up Lò Đúc and to Nguyễn Công Trứ Street. Carry on to Hai Bà Trưng Lake and the temple complex opposite where we touch on the Hai Bà Trưng sisters’ era and their contribution to Vietnamese history (we…
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