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The dong (Vietnamese: đồng) (/ dɒŋ /; Vietnamese: [ˀɗɜwŋ͡m˨˩]; sign: ₫ or informally đ in Vietnamese; [2] code: VND) has been the currency of Vietnam since 3 May 1978. [3][4] It is issued by the State Bank of Vietnam. [5] The dong was also the currency of the predecessor states of North Vietnam and South Vietnam, having replaced ...
Vietnam (Liberation đồng, until 1978) Issuance. Central bank. National Bank of Vietnam. This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. The đồng (銅), also called the piastre, was the currency of South Vietnam from 1953 to 2 May 1978. It was subdivided into 100 xu, also written su.
North Vietnamese đồng. This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. The đồng ( Chữ Nôm: 銅; Chữ Hán: 元, nguyên) [ a] ( / ˈdɒŋ /; Vietnamese: [ɗôŋm]) was the currency of North Vietnam from 3 November 1946 to 2 May 1978. It was subdivided into 10 hào, each itself divided into 10 xu .
A currency symbol or currency sign is a graphic symbol used to denote a currency unit. Usually it is defined by a monetary authority, such as the national central bank for the currency concerned. A symbol may be positioned in various ways, according to national convention: before, between or after the numeric amounts: €2.50, 2,50€ and 250.
In Unicode, the Vietnamese đồng symbol is properly represented by U+20AB₫DONG SIGN, but U+0111đLATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH STROKE is often used instead. In Vietnamese, the đồng sign is written after the amount in superscript, often underlined. The uppercase form, Ð, is used as the currency symbol for the cryptocurrency Dogecoin.
During the 1970s, it was revalued until it reached ¥1.50 per dollar in 1980. When China's economy gradually opened in the 1980s, the renminbi was devalued in order to improve the competitiveness of Chinese exports. Thus, the official exchange rate increased from ¥1.50 in 1980 to ¥8.62 by 1994 (the lowest rate on record).
The Vietnamese cash (chữ Hán: 文 錢 văn tiền; chữ Nôm: 銅 錢 đồng tiền; French: sapèque), [a] [b] also called the sapek or sapèque, [c] is a cast round coin with a square hole that was an official currency of Vietnam from the Đinh dynasty in 970 until the Nguyễn dynasty in 1945, and remained in circulation in North Vietnam until 1948.
The Vietnamese văn ( chữ Hán: 文; French: Sapèque) as a denomination for Vietnamese cash coins was used from 1868 until 1945 during the reign of the Nguyễn dynasty. The inspiration to introduce the văn may have been to emulate the Chinese wén used on contemporary Qing dynasty cash coins which had just become a fiat currency, however ...