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August 2026
At home with the water puppets (a.m). Water puppet theatre of Phan Thanh Liêm (August visit) – FULL
THIS EVENT IS FULL. WE NOW HAVE A WAITING LIST, PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST WHICH WILL ALSO GIVE PRIORITY TO THE NEXT TIME WE MEET LIEM. THANKS Meeting Liêm is proving to be a popular event with a number of separate requests to visit him during the summer holidays. As always FVH tries to accommodate and arrange where we can to meet the requests. Following the successful weekday morning event in July, we have a request to repeat it…
Find out more »Hanoi City Walk (ENG) a.m: Hàng Da market and surrounding area (old quarter)
This morning’s walk explores the area and meandering alleys around the Hàng Da market locality. We learn about the original trade of the surrounding streets, the concept of the Tuồng Theatre (Nhà hát Tuồng Việt Nam) , who the master embroiderer was and where he is worshipped, why was Princess Ý Lan given this name, and if we have time we may pass by the home of a former FVH friend – Nguyễn Văn Quỳ (who sadly died) who composed…
Find out more »Mosaic craft (a.m): at home chat with distinguished artist Nguyễn Quý Sơn (Giang Cao, Bát Tràng)
THE PIONEER OF MOSAIC ART UPDATED : THIS IS A MORNING EVENT STARTING 9AM Have you ever thought about from where mosaic artist Nguyễn Thu Thủy gets her lovely mosaic tiles for her public art mosaic creations? They come from one family workshop in Giang Cao, Bát Tràng. She met distinguished artist and pioneer of mosaic art Nguyễn Quý Sơn when she was planning Hanoi’s mosaic wall along the dyke road for the city’s 1,000th anniversary. Since then, Sơn and…
Find out more »Living Heritage. Village cycle tour – meet the áo dài tailor, rice miller and rice wine maker
AS OF 3 AUGUST MORNING 6 SPACES ARE AVAILALBE Our friend Ngọc, who devised the tofu tours, has created a lovely afternoon filled with number of fun and engaging activities in her village, Xuân Canh village, Đông Anh. Meet a variety of artisans - her village neighbours - as part of a new FVH section called ‘Living Heritage’. The whole experience is expected to take 3 to 3.5 hours. After a short afternoon ferry crossing across the Đuống river to Đông…
Find out more »Craft workshop (a.m): with Chie ethnic minority textiles (TBC which product)
(THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THIS WORKSHOP COULD MOVE TO SUNDAY 23 AUGUST, currently its scheduled for Saturday 29 August) Since 2023 we have teamed up with Chie to run 1 craft workshop a month on a Saturday or Sunday (a.m or p.m) aiming to make one product from the shop that is not too difficult. Some items are not practical for us to make so we stick with something that can be made in a few hours. We have probably…
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