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December 2023
Craft workshop – Indigo dyeing workshop
This is one of FVH’s regular craft workshops we try to run 3-4 times a year. Dương thị Thanh and her team at the Indigo Store preserve and restore the traditional culture of the Black Tay ethnic minority in Sapa, supporting 120 producers across 7 different ethnic minorities in the production of organic plants, handmade textiles and employ disabled/deaf staff helping them with sustainable livelihoods etc. Indigo is a deep rich violet-blue colour named after the indigo dye extracted from leaves of…
Find out more »Hanoi City Walk (English) – French concession to Thiền Quang Lake -POSTPONED
APOLOGIES EVERYONE - DUE TO WORK COMMITMENTS THIS WALK HAS JUST BEEN POSTPONED - APOLOGIES Our morning walk starts in front of the Opera House. From here, we walk to the School of Pharmacy just up the road, designed by Ernest Hebrard – we learn about what makes his style of architecture so iconic. Then, we make our way along Lý Thường Kiệt Street, thorugh the picturesque alleys around Ha Hoi ending at Thiền Quang Lake. Learn about the height…
Find out more »Craft workshop – ethnic minority textile Christmas decorations
We are back at Chie for this month’s fabric workshop with a Christmas theme. Many of you probably know Huyen, who started Textile Linker – dedicated to exploring traditional Vietnamese crafts. She has teamed up with Thuy who founded Chie Dù Pù Dù Pà in Hang Trong street to run a number of craft workshops. Huyen is tailoring some of the workshops for FVH and including some informative introductory talks which relate to the particular workshop. We start with a…
Find out more »Meet the people – at home with retired doctors Doanh and Mai
Meet Bác sĩ Doanh Mai’ at their home off Vo Chi Cong street. This is the first of a what we hope will be series of at home chats with husband and wife Doanh and Mai - former doctors now retired who now live close to their family in Hanoi. They are delighted to open their home up to a small group of FVH members and share their working experience, memories and stories giving their own unique insight into life…
Find out more »FVH Language Exchange Club and meet up – let’s talk languages
FOR EVERYONE WHO LOVES CONVERSATION, LANGUAGES AND VIETNAM 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. So we thought let’s start a new fun social way to meet up and share our languages within the context of Vietnam. We meet every Tuesday evening 6.30pm-7.30pm at Abracado (vegan restaurant) 60 Tô Ngọc Vân. Goole map link – https://goo.gl/maps/Z1QZhf457DRuQ7Fz7 https://www.facebook.com/abracado.vegan/ for December we are meeting 5…
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