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April 2024
Hanoi City Walk (English): The road to the South – Lê Duản and surrounding area – nearly full
AS OF 1PM 10 APRIL MAX 2 SPACES LEFT AFTER WHICH WE WILL HAVE A WAITING LIST. THANKS Join us for an afternoon stroll down Lê Duản street and the surrounding area. You may be surprised that a walking tour could be made out of this area and especially down Le Duan street but there are some great stories. Starting at Cửa Nam we explore the history of the former south gate, the nearby streets and stories of the area, find…
Find out more »POSTPONED – Craft workshop: the different faces of Tuồng
DUE PERSONAL SCHEDULES THIS WORKSHOP IS POSTONED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE IN APRIL OR MAY. THANKS This is a repeat of the workshop we held before Tet. It went really well and was really good fun and very informative and we learnt some fascinating things about Tuong theatre. We will run this workshop a few times each year, hosted by Woods Cafe, in Ngoc Khanh (thank you Woods team). Part talk, part workshop – full morning.…
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 this is a 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. Google map link – https://goo.gl/maps/Z1QZhf457DRuQ7Fz7 https://www.facebook.com/abracado.vegan/ Dates for April day month Tues 02 April 2024 Tues 09…
Find out more »Cultural series. The Hùng Kings and the Vietnam nation
18 April 2024 is Hùng Kings commemoration day (10th day of the 3rd lunar month) Hùng Vương (2879 BC – 258 BC) ….. Vương means "king", Hùng means “hero” ‘Each year on 10th day of the 3rd lunar month, Vietnamese people turn towards the Kính Thiên Palace on the summit of Nghĩa Lĩnh mountain in Phú Thọ Province, to commemorate the Hùng Kings who are regarded as the first founders of Vietnam’. A pilgrim said: “Whoever goes back and forth, remember the ancestor's death…
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