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November 2021
Kaleidoscope Viet – Hanoi Community Radio – SHOW 4
Tune into our FVH Kaleidoscope Viet show on the last Sunday of each month 4pm on HCR (Hanoi Community Radio). https://www.hanoicommunityradio.com/ Big thanks to the HCR team for including FVH in this new community. Each month we feature a cultural or heritage topic in a podcast/magazine/documentary style show. We upload each show to our FVH youtube channel after each broadcast and will inform you through our mailings. SHOW 4 This show explores more about Nguyễn Văn Quỳ, how he composed his…
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FVH Boocklub – Dumb Luck by Vũ Trọng Phụng
"Our FVH bookclub is back and, over the next few months, we will focus on Vietnamese classics that have been translated into English. We open with Dumb Luck to welcome the new illustrated edition in Vietnamese and the announcement of a movie to be released soon. This is an iconic book in Vietnamese literature and one of our favourite to read and review. And a really fun one if you are new to Vietnam/Hanoi and Vietnamese literature. The book club…
Find out more »Cultural Series – talk on Văn Miếu (The Temple of Literature)
(to clarify this is a talk about Van Mieu not a walk/visit to it) Welcome to one of FHVs most popular speakers. The amazing Dr Trần Đoàn Lâm retuns for another inspiring talk. He is an authority on almost every cultural and heritage topic, able to explain the complex in a really easy way. Lâm has just retired from his role as Editor in Chief of The Gioi Publishers (the largest foreign language publisheres in Vietam) to devote more time to the cultural…
Find out more »Craft workshop – Indigo dyeing workshop – FULL
THIS IS NOW FULL BUT PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST Always one of our most popular workhsops so we run it 3-4 times a year. As we had people on the waiting list from the last workshop we are running it again in December with priority for those on the previous waiting list 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…
Find out more »Hanoi City walk (English) – Hoàn Kiếm lake area
Our walk starts in front of the Lý Thái Tổ statue with a brief introduction to the founder of Hanoi. As we stroll the surrounding streets bordering Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi’s heart, we discuss legends, points of interest, the stories, touch on architecture and the French influence. This walk is a neat compact introduction to this part of the city and hopefully you will come away discovering something you did not know before about this familiar area Meeting point: in front of Lý Thái Tổ statue, Lý Thái Tổ …
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