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January 2023
Hanoi City walk (English) P.M – silver & coffee: Hàng Bạc to Nguyễn Hữu Huân
THIS WALK IS FULL PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST. 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 in Hanoi and how Hong Kong cinema came to share space…
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Bookclub – Endless Field by Nguyễn Ngọc Tư
“Endless Field is a tale of Mekong Delta natives, marking Nguyễn Ngọc Tư’s perceptive insight into and sympathy for the farmers (and people in general). Love, revenge, nostalgia, regret, and exposure of dark corners of souls permeate the story making the characters more real. Endless Field, made into the 2010 film titled The Floating Lives, has already been translated and published in Korea, China, France, Germany, and Sweden, where it has received much praise.” (from Goodreads) Endless Fields https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Ng%E1%BB%8Dc_T%C6%B0 https://vietnamnews.vn/life-style/books/148888/young-writer-creates-a-literary-stir.html…
Find out more »Hanoi city walk (English): Nguyễn Công Trứ Street and surrounding area – FULL
THIS WALK IS FULL WITH A WAITING LIST. Our walk starts outside number 5D Hàm Long street, where the first Communist Party Cell of Hanoi was established. Then along Lò Đúc Street to the Pasteur gardens, and outside the National Institute of Hygiene & Epidemiology (originally the Pasteur Institute). Back up Lò Đúc and to Nguyễn Công Trứ Street. Carry on to Hai Bà Trưng Lake and the temple complex opposite where we touch on the Hai Bà Trưng sisters’…
Find out more »Craft workshop – Batik dyeing (and ethnic minority textiles) – FULL
THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL WITH A WAITING LIST. For this workshop we partner with Hong Ky (who will interpret and help guide) and Sầm Thị Tình who established Hoa Tien Brocade for this 2 part event (1) general introduction to ethnic minority textiles and exploring Tinh's workshop and display area followed by (2) a beginner's batiq dyeing workshop. Tinh is Thai ethnic from Nghe An Province and she and her husband set up Hoa Tien Brocade. Some of you may already know…
Find out more »Hanoi City walk (English) P.M – silver & coffee: Hàng Bạc to Nguyễn Hữu Huân – FULL
THIS WALK IS FULL WITH A WAITING LIST. This is a repeat walk from 28 January for those who were on the waiting list. there are currently maximum 4 spaces available (after which we will have a waiting list) 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…
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