Yes!! Our Club has finally got our very own mugs! These mugs have been specially ordered in high quality porcelain. There are two designs to choose from - the "What We Love About Hanoi" mug and the "Lotus" mug. Both nearly guaranteed to make your coffee and tea taste nicer! They also make great souvenirs. Only 50,000 VND each with all profit going to our community aid projects.

Lotus News is a monthly newsletter, which is printed during the whole membership year, except July, August and January. It contains reports from the latest community aid projects in detail and several features contributed by our members, such as travel reports, tips and tricks for cooking, interviews and many more interesting articles. Ongoing Activities from member to member and monthly events such as newcomers welcome, coffee mornings, luncheons and cooking classes are updated. Public and corporate advertisements and private sell/buy news are also placed in the Lotus News.

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Fans of Chef Didier Corlou take note - copies of "Cooking With Chef Didier" are still available for sale. The cookbook contains recipes from the cooking classes held at the Sofitel Metropole Hotel Hanoi from March 200 to April 2003. Whether you plan to follow the complete menus or want to mix and match from the helpful Recipe Index at the end of book , this cookbook is a steal at 100.000 VND! Peppered with the Chef's comments throughout, it makes not only good reading abut an excellent addition to your cookbook collection.

They say “a picture says more than words”. This could not be truer about the HIWC’s collection of postcards featuring snapshots of Vietnam. From the colourful Hmong tribe to the fresh produce in a typical market to ducks swimming in placid waters. Each of the 34 postcards captures aspects of life that is quintessentially Vietnamese. What makes this collection even more special is the fact that all the scenes have been captured through the lens of HIWC members! The collection comes packaged in a box whose covers features miniatures of all 34 pictures in this collection. Besides making a good gift, it could also double up as a colourful collage on your own walls! And while most of us these days can’t imagine a world without email, these postcards could make you pick up that pen and write a few words behind them. Not only will your recipients be pleasantly surprised, they would also have a glimpse of all that is beautiful in Vietnam. The HIWC “Vibrant Vietnam” Postcard Collection costs 30 000 VND per box.