How To Keep The Noise Down In Vietnam?

Last activity 06 April 2022 by Aidan in HCMC

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OceanBeach92107VIP Member14 March 2022 17:43:52

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Man stabbed to death in quarrel over neighbors’ noisy drinking party...

tuoitrenews..vn/news/society/20220313/in-vietnam-man-stabbed-to-death-in-quarrel-over-neighbors-noisy-drinking-party

qnbuiSerial expat14 March 2022 21:14:03

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They do love their drinking parties "nhậu".

goodolboyViP14 March 2022 22:00:23

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OceanBeach92107 wrote:
Man stabbed to death in quarrel over neighbors’ noisy drinking party...

tuoitrenews..vn/news/society/20220313/in-vietnam-man-stabbed-to-death-in-quarrel-over-neighbors-noisy-drinking-party

& noisy might just be the under statement of the year, probably more like ear splittingly deafening!!

Guest2023Guest14 March 2022 23:28:34

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It seems that in Viet Nam it's very dangerous to ask your neighbours to be civil.

ErikjiViP14 March 2022 23:59:12

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"Octogenarian woman brutally attacked after voicing complaint over noisy karaoke"

https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/society/202 … 66012.html

CHN90Active member20 March 2022 21:13:41

colinoscapee wrote:
It seems that in Viet Nam it's very dangerous to ask your neighbours to be civil.

I think in any country it’s probably not a wise idea to so to someone who’s disconnected from the frontal lobe chemically.

gobotViP21 March 2022 07:17:54

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Complaining to a Vietnamese about _anything_ has been known to cause them to lose face. I've seen it. Beware, losing face looks like a schizophrenic break.

That explains why nobody in the hem, even the Hem Admiral himself, will tell the neanderthal with 3 barking dogs he keeps on 2 meter chains to shut the dogs up.

AshiqzarinaNew member21 March 2022 08:42:01

Hi. I do not have any problems in block of appointment I live for last two years.any situation I complain and suggest no problem.
But I do hear noise coming from street. I live on seventeen floor. Someone playing music so loud. Like it’s next door.
But where I live people are very civilised. I am very great full for there attitude.

Perko54Active member05 April 2022 01:52:12

@goodolboy What about when their talking on the phone why do they yell at each other? I had a delegation come to tell my wife to stop me from working at mid day during siesta period.

goodolboyViP05 April 2022 03:03:59

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@goodolboy What about when their talking on the phone why do they yell at each other? I had a delegation come to tell my wife to stop me from working at mid day during siesta period.

- @Perko54

Perko, many times I have told people on the phone here " hey you should save some money you don't need a phone cos the person you are talking to can hear what you are saying 2 km away"

But I have a theory.............& its called the escalation theory & its based on everything in general life here is noisy & gets worse as each person, car, truck, shop, party, karaoke tries to out do each other on the DB level & eventually it just becomes normal to shout just to be heard & eventually it becomes the norm to shout even if there is no background noise & you are standing right next to the person you are talking to.

LennerdContributor05 April 2022 03:11:20

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Much noise can be neutralized by use of "white noise" generator.

There are apps that do this. It's called -- in physical acoustics -- the masking effect. We all know it because we've experienced not being able to hear the wife in the next room when the water is running. Phones and laptops can run the apps all night if need be.

I had karaoke going full blast from across about 50 m. of water. Living on the 30th floor did nothing to dampen it. But the white noise did. I just turned it up enough to completely drown out the singing and music. Sleep no problem.

The white noise apps that are customizable are best: light rain, heavy rain, rain on metal roof, ocean waves, rushing mountain stream, etc. can be blended for best result.

ErikjiViP05 April 2022 09:44:30

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"HCMC has been ranked the fourth noisiest city in the world"

I know, it's a big surprise, how 3 cities in the world can be more noisy than HCMC ?!

Gather 10 million vietnamese, and this is the result...

"HCMC one of the loudest places on Earth: UN report"

https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/hcmc- … 46447.html

Aidan in HCMCVietnam Expert06 April 2022 17:36:31

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We all know it because we've experienced not being able to hear the wife in the next room... - @Lennerd

Oh, I always hear her, but I'm usually guilty of mishearing her.

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