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January 2025
People of the Old Quarter: Cuisine stories. Hanoi cuisine with with Hồng and Hằng – FULL
THIS IS EVENT IS FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST/AND POSSIBLE REPEAT EVENT. Welcome to the first in a new Vietnamese culinary heritage series. To kickstart this new topic, we meet Hồng and Hằng (mother and daughter). They also feature in our People of the Old Quarter series (which delves deeper into the everyday lives of people who were born and live in Hanoi’s Old Quarter). Hằng and her mum Hồng love food, especially Hanoi cuisine, and through this event…
Find out more »Tết craft workshop (a.m session) – mini Tet calligraphy hangings – FULL
THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL. AS THIS IS LIKELY BE POPULAR IT IS REPEATED AFTERNOON SAME DAY SUNDAY 12 JANUARY This is now the 3rd year we have held this fun Tet calligraphy workshop. There are many symbolic and important practices in the run up to and during Tet. One of them are the Tet calligraphy hangings. At this time of year people may want some particular characters, in which their wishes and dreams for the new year are laid…
Find out more »Tết craft workshop (p.m session) – mini Tet calligraphy hangings
A REPEAT OF THE MORNING WORKSHOP There are many symbolic and important practices in the run up to and during Tet. One of them are the Tet calligraphy hangings. At this time of year people may want some particular characters, in which their wishes and dreams for the new year are laid out – such as phúc (Happiness), lộc phát (fortune), lộc (wealth), thọ (longevity), Đức (Virtue) and so on.... which is what people strive to achieve in the coming…
Find out more »Through the eyes of the blind community: RB Centre ENG conversation volunteer group
Supporting blind children with life skills at the RB Centre. FVH is one very big community of like-minded people who adore Vietnamese culture, history and heritage. And we include a huge number of nationalities from every continent. Besides culture and heritage activities, we really appreciate community service and want to contribute our real action to developing our world. Then, we met RB centre while we accompanied the surgery program for disabled children 2023-2024 with Center 2. RB is a unique…
Find out more »Craft workshop – ethnic minority textile cat and tiger craft workshop – FULL
THIS WORKHSOP IS NOW FULL PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST. THANKS In 2023 we started to run some workshops with Huyen of Textile Linker fame. She teamed up with Thuy who founded Chie Dù Pù Dù Pà in Hang Trong street to run craft workshops. Huyen is busy with many of her own projects at the moment but we are starting to run workshops again with Chie. This January we are making 2 little textile animals - a cat…
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