Traffic in Viet Nam

Traffic supplied endless entertainment and amusement in Viet Nam. Apparently the number of motorbikes seen is actually a sign of the great economic progress there. They would have been bicycles 10 years ago.
All vehicles there are equipped with loud horns and are used incessantly. They are used to pass, to alert pedestrians that they won't stop for them, to warn other vehicles that they are near. However, since they are used so often by everybody that I couldn't see that they served any purpose. Car and truck drivers also like to flash their head lights.
The "quiet" here in Bangkok is remarkable

Here are a few views thru the windshield of our drivers:
A group of uniformed school kids as school lets out in the countryside:
A view of an intersection in Hanoi from a rooftop cafe:
It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of the motorbike in Viet Nam. They outnumber cars on the streets by about 15 to 1. But they are used as a form of transport for almost everything. They call them "bikes of burden".

Families:

Sheaves of rattan:

Pots and pans:
Coffins:

Dead pigs carried to market:

I also saw folks driving them with one hand while dialing and talking on their cell phones!

Now I will spend a couple of days in Bangkok before going to the beach resort of Phuket.