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December 2021
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 …
Find out more »Hanoi City Walk (English): CHRISTMAS DAY – Lê Duản street & surrounding area
CHRISTMAS DAY MORNING Join us for a Christmas Day morning stroll down Lê Duản street and the surrounding area. Starting at Cửa Nam we explore the history of the former south gate, the nearby streets and stories of the area, find out who was the ‘French Lady with the flared skirt, where were parasols were traded, which is one of Hanoi’s original Phở gà stalls, what used to be where ‘Quan An Ngon’ is, where was the Mandarin road, what was originally on the site…
Find out more »Hanoi city walk (English) CHRISTMAS DAY p.m – Bạch Mã temple and surrounding area
CHRISTMAS DAY AFTERNOON Welcome to a stroll around some of Hanoi’s Old Quarter and the ’36 Streets’. This is the Bạch Mã temple walk where we discover why a white horse was so instrumental in the building of the Thang Long citadel, how today’s trade of Hàng Buồm street with alcohol shops and bars is a far cry from its original activity, we visit a number of lesser known and hidden places of worship and sroll the alleys. We start and end in Hàng…
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