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March 2022
Hanoi City Walk (English) – French concession to Thiền Quang Lake – FULL
This walk is now full but please RSVP for the waiting list Our afternoon walk starts in front of the Opera House. From here, we walk to the School of Pharmacy, designed by Ernest Hebrard and make our way along Lý Thường Kiệt Street to Thiền Quang Lake. Learn about the height of French presence within Hà Nội and its influence on architecture and urban design. The walk is led by Alvaro Opera House to Tien Quang Lake Please RSVP via…
Find out more »Cultural art series. Private art gallery tour & discussion at Art Vietnam Salon Gallery (FULL))
this is now fuill please RSVP for the waiting list and a repeat event The development of contemporary art in Vietnam This month's private art gallery tour is at Suzanne Lecht’s Art Vietnam Salon Gallery (click on the link for more info on the gallery). Suzanne, a very familiar face in Vietnam's art world and the Hanoi community is one of the orignal/founding members of FVH. She will tell us about her personal story from being compelled to move to…
Find out more »FVH – 36 Streets spring time treasure hunt
(MOVED FROM 22 JANUARY) A walking tour and exploration of Hanoi’s Old Quarter with a difference. Take part in our third treasure hunt back in the Old Quarter, where we held our first and hugely successful treasure hunt in 2019. The format is similar but the content and fun tasks are diffferent. Compete in teams of max 4 as you complete tasks that take you round the Old Quarter within a set time limit finding important landmarks and items. This…
Find out more »Kaleidoscope Viet – Hanoi Community Radio
In October 2019 FVH was 20 years old. Maybe those who established FVH in 1999 may not have expected us to last as long as 20 years, let alone grow stronger each year. We had an amazing reunion, and celebration of FVH's achievements. Now into our 23rd year we thought the story of FVH would be a great topic for our Hanoi Community Radio Show. We are joined by some of the founders and long timers who share about the…
Find out more »April 2022
Bookclub – ‘Spring Essence: The Poetry of Hô Xuân Huong’ and ‘Love Poems’ by Xuan Dieu
Ho Xuan Huong—whose name translates as "Spring Essence"— is one of the most important and popular poets in Vietnam. A concubine, she became renowned for her poetic skills, writing subtly risque poems which used double entendre and sexual innuendo as a vehicle for social, religious, and political commentary Love Poems by Xuân Diệu, a collection of translated poems on the theme of love composed by one of the most prolific and well-known poets of Vietnam. Throughout his career, Xuân Diệu, one…
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