Arabic-Web-Vietnam's loudspeakers sidelined, but not silenced

AFP Arabic 2011-05-21

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For decades, Vietnam's loudspeaker system has been part of the communist country's scenery. Whether telling people to clean the streets or praising the regime, their announcements have been a daily backdrop to the lives of 87 million citizens. But in an increasingly Internet-savvy and smartphone-using society, the system looks more and more old-fashioned -- as well as Orwellian. A voiced AFPTV report.

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