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Cinema and multiplex soundproofing in Ho Chi Minh City
Screens stacked beside and above each other, each running full range at high level. Bleed between auditoria is the failure everyone hears, and it is decided by the shell, not the finishes. Function halls, places of worship and conference rooms are hard volumes carrying amplified speech and music.
- Screen to screen
- Independent construction between auditoria, with services broken at the line.
- In room response
- Heavy absorption on side and rear walls so the mix is heard as intended.
- Plant and projection
- Equipment noise into the auditorium, treated at source.
- Quote
- From a plan and a section, within 48 hours
01 / The product
What you are buying, and what it fixes in Ho Chi Minh City
Screens stacked beside and above each other, each running full range at high level. Bleed between auditoria is the failure everyone hears, and it is decided by the shell, not the finishes.
Function halls, places of worship and conference rooms are hard volumes carrying amplified speech and music.
Work reaching us from Ho Chi Minh City is mostly tube houses and apartments, towers and offices, manufacturing, hotels, schools, clinics.
- Narrow, deep, shared on both sides The tube house has party walls left and right and an open front onto the street, so noise arrives from three directions at once.
- Traffic never stops Constant street noise gets in through openings and glazing. The facade is where the first money should go, not the wall.
- New towers, hard interiors Concrete frames with tile and glass inside. The structure blocks, the room rings.
- Screen to screen Independent construction between auditoria, with services broken at the line.
Full specification
Thickness, density, NRC by frequency, fire class, standard sizes and build-up detail for cinema soundproofing are on the main product page. This page covers what that means for a project in Ho Chi Minh City.
02 / The build-up
What goes where, from the structure in
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Layer 1
SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl
A limp, high density sheet that adds mass to a partition, floor or duct without adding depth. In Ho Chi Minh City, split units with condensers on facades and in narrow gaps between buildings that act as reverberant shafts.
Floor, floating. Membrane under a resilient layer and a floating deck, so impact energy is broken before it reaches the slab.
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Layer 2
Acoustic carpet and rugs
A tile carpet with a dense polyester face on a felt backing. In Ho Chi Minh City, function halls, places of worship and conference rooms are hard volumes carrying amplified speech and music.
Loose lay on tackifier. Tiles lifted individually for access under a raised floor, which is why tile beats broadloom in an office.
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Layer 3
PET felt acoustic panels
A rigid non-woven panel pressed from 100% polyester fibre, a large part of it recycled. In Ho Chi Minh City, classrooms are hard, naturally ventilated and open to street noise, with large class sizes.
Over a porous backing. Panel over mineral or PET backing where the room needs genuine low mid control.
Architects working in Ho Chi Minh City usually need the build-up before the product. We will draw the section and mark what does the work. See how we support architects.
03 / What drives the brief
The Ho Chi Minh City conditions that change the answer
- Narrow, deep, shared on both sides
The tube house has party walls left and right and an open front onto the street, so noise arrives from three directions at once.
- Traffic never stops
Constant street noise gets in through openings and glazing. The facade is where the first money should go, not the wall.
- New towers, hard interiors
Concrete frames with tile and glass inside. The structure blocks, the room rings.
- Tropical humidity all year
PET felt does not hold moisture or feed mould, which matters where mineral products sag within a couple of seasons.
- Assembly and performance rooms
Function halls, places of worship and conference rooms are hard volumes carrying amplified speech and music.
04 / Room by room
Room by room, on a typical Ho Chi Minh City job
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Screen to screen
Independent construction between auditoria, with services broken at the line. The tube house has party walls left and right and an open front onto the street, so noise arrives from three directions at once.
- Soundproofing materials, 2100 kg per cubic metre. 2.5 mm STC 30 at 5.25 kg per sq m, 4 mm STC 34 at 8.4, 6 mm at 12.6
- Acoustic panels, 1800 x 900 mm, image printed into the felt rather than onto a facing
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, High density polyester
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In room response
Heavy absorption on side and rear walls so the mix is heard as intended. Constant street noise gets in through openings and glazing. The facade is where the first money should go, not the wall.
- Soundproofing materials, 1800 x 900 x 20 mm, 100 kg per cubic metre, NRC 0.85
- Acoustic panels, Cut pattern in PET felt, adds visual rhythm without changing the absorber
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, Felt
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Plant and projection
Equipment noise into the auditorium, treated at source. Concrete frames with tile and glass inside. The structure blocks, the room rings.
- Soundproofing materials, Mass, then decoupling, then cavity absorption, then sealing
- Acoustic panels, ASTM C423
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, 64 sq ft per pack
Designers get colour, pattern and CNC options with the absorption figure attached to each. See how we work with interior designers.
04 / Durability
Why the climate in Ho Chi Minh City changes the material, not the target
Ho Chi Minh City is warm and humid through most of the year, with a long wet season, and that narrows the material list before acoustics is discussed.
Humidity is the deciding factor. PET felt does not absorb moisture, shed fibre or feed mould, which is why it outlasts fabric-wrapped mineral wool in this climate. Wood wool and timber need a ventilated cavity behind them.
The failure we design against here is mould, sagging fabric finishes and swelling in timber.
On a Ho Chi Minh City job with a consultant involved, our part is material that matches the submitted data. See working with acoustic consultants.
06 / Worth knowing
Where this kind of project usually fails
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A shared service void running across the wall line
The ceiling is almost always the largest untreated surface, so leaving it out means paying for panels that cannot reach the target.
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Treating the auditorium to fix bleed from the next screen
Small on the drawing, expensive on site, and almost always found after handover.
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Doors and lobbies specified late and undersized
A 6 mm undercut under a door leaves a hole the size of a brick. The wall around it is then decorative.
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Treating it as a generic Ho Chi Minh City job
The tube house has party walls left and right and an open front onto the street, so noise arrives from three directions at once.
05 / Route to site
Supply into Ho Chi Minh City, start to site
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
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| Arrives at | Cat Lai or Cai Mep, then a short road run into the city |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea via Cat Lai or Cai Mep |
| Support | Drawings, build-ups, BOQ and material that arrives complete |
Standard items dispatch in 4 to 7 working days. Grooved panels and custom colours take longer, and we say so before you order, not after.
Sea freight into Cat Lai or Cai Mep, then a short road run into the city. Air freight for samples and urgent quantities.
Questions from Ho Chi Minh City projects
What makes cinema and multiplex soundproofing different in Ho Chi Minh City?
Function halls, places of worship and conference rooms are hard volumes carrying amplified speech and music. The tube house has party walls left and right and an open front onto the street, so noise arrives from three directions at once.
Where should the budget go first on a Ho Chi Minh City project?
Screen to screen. Independent construction between auditoria, with services broken at the line. In room response. Heavy absorption on side and rear walls so the mix is heard as intended.
Do you have an office or installation team in Ho Chi Minh City?
No. We manufacture in India and supply into Ho Chi Minh City. We give you drawings, build-ups, a BOQ and material that arrives complete, and we will tell you plainly when a job needs a local contractor we cannot be.
How does material get to a Ho Chi Minh City site?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Cat Lai or Cai Mep, then a short road run into the city, dispatch: 4 to 7 working days. Standard items dispatch in 4 to 7 working days. Grooved panels and custom colours take longer, and we say so before you order, not after.
What goes wrong most often on this kind of project?
A shared service void running across the wall line. Treating the auditorium to fix bleed from the next screen.
What do you need from us to quote?
A plan, a section through the critical partition or ceiling, and what the room is for. From that we can give a build-up and a BOQ rather than a price per square foot.
Next step
Drawings in, BOQ and a delivered date out
We quote from drawings, not from a square foot rate. Send a plan and the section through the critical wall or ceiling and you will get something you can actually build from.