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May 2022
Hanoi City walk (English) P.M – silver & coffee: Hàng Bạc to Nguyễn Hữu Huân- FULL
THIS WALK IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST AND PRIORITY FOR THE NEXT TIME THE WALK IS HELD. THANKS A short distance as the crow flies. But we take the long way round zig zagging up and down the streets in this familar area of the Old Quarter to discover the unfamilar – from Đinh Liệt and Hang Bac to Cầu Gỗ and Nguyễn Hữu Huân streets. We touch on many subjects from the birth of silver making…
Find out more »Tour (English): Behind the scenes – State Records & Archives Department of Vietnam – FULL
THIS TOUR IS NOW FULL - PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST. One of our regular activities we aim to run once or twice a year. FVH is delighted to collaborate with the State Records and Archives Department of Vietnam. This afternoon we visit Archives Centre no. 3 which holds post-1945 to present day records. THIS IS A UNIQUE EVENT FOR THE HANOI COMMUNITY arranged specially for FVH. We meet the Director – Tran Viet Hoa – and some of her…
Find out more »Art workshop and talk – Silk Screen painting
Date change from 15 to 21 May - priority goes to those originally signed up spaces currently available Nguyễn Cẩm Nhung graduated in Silk painting from the Fine Arts University and was taught by one of FVH's lovely friends - artist Nguyễn Thế Sơn. Nhung is running a silk painting workshop and talk for FVH in a great venue - Đình Nam Hương (Nam Huong communal house in Hàng Trống street). The morning is split into 2 parts and hopefully you will…
Find out more »Cultural series – small group lecture on Vietnamese religious folk paintings
"Vietnam Folklore paintings” a small group talk and show and tell with art collector and researcher Nguyễn Thu Hoà and VN-ENG interpretation and contribution to the discussion by our favourite Dr Trần Đoàn Lâm (former editor in chief of The Gioi publishers). Hoà is currently the Director of the Hanoi Ceramic Museum - one of the first private ceramic museums in Vietnam. This will be a small group discussion and show and tell as she explains how she carried out her research,…
Find out more »Craft workshop – Indigo dyeing workshop – FULL
THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST Always one of our most popular workshops so we like to run this 3-4 times a year. Duong Thi 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 have a sustainable livelihood etc. Indigo is a deep…
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