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July 2026
At home with the water puppets (a.m). Water puppet theatre of Phan Thanh Liêm
Following the great success of our event in May with Liêm, there has been a lot of interest in doing more events with him. Its now the summer holidays and we have arranged a weekday visit on Tuesday morning 7 July. This is a particularly fun event for families as well as a lovely colourful activity for anyone interested in Vietnam's unique water puppet heritage. Liêm and his wife are instrumental in keeping the art of water puppetry alive through their…
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At home with the water puppets (a.m). Water puppet theatre of Phan Thanh Liêm (August visit) – FULL
THIS EVENT IS FULL. WE NOW HAVE A WAITING LIST, PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST WHICH WILL ALSO GIVE PRIORITY TO THE NEXT TIME WE MEET LIEM. THANKS Meeting Liêm is proving to be a popular event with a number of separate requests to visit him during the summer holidays. As always FVH tries to accommodate and arrange where we can to meet the requests. Following the successful weekday morning event in July, we have a request to repeat it…
Find out more »Hanoi City Walk (ENG) a.m: Hàng Da market and surrounding area (old quarter) – FULL
THIS WALK IS NOW FULL THANKS This morning’s walk explores the area and meandering alleys around the Hàng Da market locality. We learn about the original trade of the surrounding streets, the concept of the Tuồng Theatre (Nhà hát Tuồng Việt Nam) , who the master embroiderer was and where he is worshipped, why was Princess Ý Lan given this name, and if we have time we may pass by the home of a former FVH friend – Nguyễn Văn…
Find out more »Mosaic craft (a.m): at home chat with distinguished artist Nguyễn Quý Sơn (Giang Cao, Bát Tràng)
THE PIONEER OF MOSAIC ART UPDATED : THIS IS A MORNING EVENT STARTING 9AM Have you ever thought about from where mosaic artist Nguyễn Thu Thủy gets her lovely mosaic tiles for her public art mosaic creations? They come from one family workshop in Giang Cao, Bát Tràng. She met distinguished artist and pioneer of mosaic art Nguyễn Quý Sơn when she was planning Hanoi’s mosaic wall along the dyke road for the city’s 1,000th anniversary. Since then, Sơn and…
Find out more »Hanoi City walk (English) – Tràng Tiền street full circle – FULL
(NB the walk is subject to the weather) AS OF 8 AUGUST THIS WALK IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST. THANKS 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…
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