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August 2025
Arts and craft workshop – Hàng Trống painting on dó paper – FULL
THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST. THANKS 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. This month’s workshop is painting mages from Hàng Trống folk paintings on dó paper. Hàng Trống painting is a genre of traditional woodcut painting originating in Northern Vietnam in the 17th century, associated…
Find out more »Hanoi City Walk (ENG) a.m: Trần Dynasty heroes and the French Concession thrown in – FULL
THIS WALK IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST. THANKS Sub title for this walk: General Trần Hưng Đạo Full Circle A new Hanoi walk - 2 main themes within a melting pot of topics: General Trần Hưng Đạo and Trần Dynasty generals, intermingled with the French Concession (how it arose and what the area consisted of). We start on Trần Hưng Đạo street focusing on the man himself, the area’s development around the Central Military hospital 108, up Lê…
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Craft workshop (a.m): pin cushion mice from ethnic minority textiles – FULL
THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST. THANKS In 2023 we started running some workshops with Huyen of Textile Linker fame who teamed up with Thuy who founded Chie Dù Pù Dù Pà in Hang Trong street to run craft workshops. Always looking for a new item for a workshop, this month we will make 3 little mice pin cushions. The bodies are pre-sewn, which we have fun filling with cotton wool stuffing and hand sew…
Find out more »Half-day excursion: the craft of “preserving the spirit” of the national flag
Vietnam's national spirit through the national flag thôn Từ Vân, xã Lê Lợi, Thường Tín, Hà Nội Từ Vân Village, located in the southern suburbs of Hanoi, about 30km from the city center, is famous for Vietnam’s National flag making, embroidery and weaving. Even our FVH organizing team could not imagine this amazing opportunity would present itself just in time as Vietnam’s National Day drew near. As you can imagine, this is an extremely busy period for the artisan families…
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