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January 2022
Hanoi City Walk (English) – the trees of Quảng An ward, Tây Hồ – FULL
BRAND NEW FVH WALKING ROUTE THIS WALK IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST Have you walked the streets and appreciated those flaming red petals against the grey asphalt? Or tripped over the roots of a tree while trying to slalom the pavements, but not knowing what to curse? Or just appreciated the shades of a wide green canopy with some green strings hanging out? This walk takes you through the alleys of Quảng An, Tây Hồ around West Lake…
Find out more »Hanoi city walk (English): Nguyễn Công Trứ Street and surrounding area – FULL
FULL PLEASE SIGN UP FOR THE WAITING LIST AS PEOPLE MAY DROP OUT AND/OR WE RUN THIS WALK AGAIN FOR THOSE ON THE 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. We will mention some…
Find out more »February 2022
Bookclub – The General Retires & other stories
When it first appeared in 1987, the title story of this collection by Nguyễn Huy Thiệp caused a sensation in Vietnam. Written in spare, succinct prose, it captures the despair of an old general who, after many years of devoted service to his country, is alienated by the emptiness of the society into which he retires and ultimately flees. Thiệp probes similar themes in the stories that follow, from Cun, the moving tale of a crippled beggar, to A Drop…
Find out more »Hanoi City Walk (English) – Hòe Nhai street to Long Bien Bridge (FULL)
This walk is arrangd for those who were on the waiting list from 23 January this walk is now full. Please RSVP for the waiting list A walk that will take us from the Hang Dau water tower to Hòe Nhai street and Hòe Nhai Pagoda, along Hang Than taking a route to Long Bien rail station and Long Bien Bridge under the arches. Learn about the history of the area, what used to be grown by courtiers along Hòe Nhai street, learn…
Find out more »Hanoi City walk (English) – silver and coffee: from Hàng Bạc to Nguyễn Hữu Huân streets
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 with Cải Lương folk opera, to the combination of ice cream and revolution,…
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