Back in Europe we had mostly double glazed windows, triple ones were not that popular, but very power efficient.

As for the noise cancelling properties - not only the glass thickness makes difference, but the quality of materials used for window frame itself.

Usually it wasn't an issue to sound proof, but looks like here, in Malaysia, not only the windows are single glazed, but the walls are muuuuuch thinner, which of course makes some sense climate-wise.

Hope that helps.