What is a Dong?
The Dong (đồng) is the official currency of Vietnam. The currency replaced the French Indochinese piastre in North Vietnam in 1946. In 1953 it was introduced in South Vietnam. In 1978 Vietnam introduced a unified Dong, combining the currencies of North and South Vietnam.At the moment, one U.S. Dollar is worth about 17,500 Vietnamese Dong. In the past a Dong was divided into 10 hao, each of which were further divided into 10 xu. The hao and xu insignificant and are no longer issued.Weblinks for Dong
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_%C4%91%E1%BB%93ng]]http://www.nammoney.com/http://www.xe.com/ucc/
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