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December 2022
Traditional craft: Dó paper Christmas decorations (in a fab location)
Lose yourself in a few hours’ creativity on a Sunday morning. We partner with Hồng Ky to run a number of relaxing dó paper based creative craft workshops. This Sunday as its just 1 week to Christmas we make some cute decorations. Helping to preserve and support the production and use of Vietnamese traditional dó paper in a sustainable creative way and keeping the tradition of this important type of paper alive. Profits go back into the paper making community to create more job…
Find out more »Hanoi City Walk (ENG) – St Joseph’s Cathedral area walk
CHRISTMAS DAY MORNING Join us for for the first of what has become an FVH tradition - a series of festive season walks for Christmas. We meet in the courtyard of St Joseph’s Cathedral and start our walk learning about its history and architecture. We explore the area around this iconic building such as Nhà Thờ and Nhà Chung streets. Then we head into the Old Quarter via to Lý Quốc Sư street, up to Yên Thái, and Hàng Quạt ..... Along the way we visit…
Find out more »Hanoi City walk (English) – Tràng Tiền street and surrounding area – FULL
BOXING DAY CITY WALK THIS WALK IS FULL - PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST 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 and the cinema and the former ‘lives’ of some…
Find out more »Hanoi City Walk (English) p.m – Trúc Bạch Lake & Ngũ Xã – FULL
BOXING DAY AFTERNOON THIS WALK IS FULL PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST Although we have run this walk a few times this year, it seems to one that is traditionally held on Boxing Day afternoon so this year is no different. The theme of this wak is very eclectic touuching on bronze casting, and the general changes to the area, the former and present lives of the land and buildings. We start the tour at Quán Thánh temple, the…
Find out more »January 2023
Lecture/presention by Ted Hammett – memories of Vietnam before, during and after the war
We are delighted to invite Ted Hammett as a long time supporter, member and great friend of FVH while he was working in Vietnam. Although he has moved back to the US he still keeps in close contact with FVH. Ted's association, friendship and love of Vietnam goes back to when he was a young marine in the American war. He is back for a short Hanoi visit and will spend an entertaining Sunday afternoon recounting the experiences of his…
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