Passengers whine about noise pollution, foul language on buses in Vietnam
Many passengers in Ho Chi Minh City have grumbled about two common disturbances when traveling on a bus: noise pollution and obscene language
Geolocative audio tour links past with present in Vietnam’s capital city
A free interactive, geolocative audio tour is being organized in Hanoi, offering participants opportunities to explore the capital city’s rich culture by listening to its hallmark sounds echoing from a century ago as they stroll in its old quarter
When cai luong fuses with movie effects
To rejuvenate “cai luong” (southern folk music and stage performance) and revive audiences’ waning interest in the genre, the Hanoi Cai luong Theater recently kicked off a project to fuse the traditional genre with motion pictures.
The French artist and Vietnamese peddlers’ cries
French violist Aurélie Vinatier, who worked in Hanoi for four years, is so ‘obsessed’ with local peddlers’ cries that before leaving the country to get back home, she brings with her recordings of sounds she heard every day in Hanoi, in which the cries play a central role.