Vietnam: monetary unit, its value and exchange

More and more countries are becoming available to ourcompatriots-tourists. Exotics is still of interest to those for whom the Crimea was the most unusual, or, say, Arkhyz. And it is not surprising that the countries of Asia and the East attract the non-spoiled Russians and residents of the CIS with a bright and unusual lifestyle, peculiar customs - all those that are called the word "exotic". In the list of these countries in recent years, the weighty place is occupied by Vietnam. His monetary unit, accordingly, became interesting to a large number of those who want to visit this country.

A bit of history

The name of the native currency of this stateIt originated from the metal, from which Vietnam originally made dong. The monetary unit as a result is called a word, sounding very similar to "bronze" or "copper". And it first appeared in 1947 in North Vietnam, and in 1955 - in the South. When Saigon fell in 1975, the South Vietnamese dong began to be called free, and in 1978 the dongas of the North and the South united, and the bank account became common to all parts of the country.

Cost and Convertibility

Dong is the shallowest and, moreover,non-convertible currency. Initially, as, say, the ruble, it consisted of smaller denominations - 10 hao or 100 su. Now, however, the dong has so fallen in price that such small banknotes are simply absent. Among many other countries, Vietnam also suffered from inflation. His monetary unit is now numbered in the thousands, but it costs a little. So, to count the dong in rubles, thousands of them must be multiplied by one and a half. And, for example, the North American dollar costs more than 21 thousand dong. In connection with such an abundance of zeros on banknotes the smallest - the par value of only one hundred, and there are 500 thousand. It's still coins worth 200 to 5 thousand dong, but this is a rarity. It will be on a trip to Vietnam - you should not lower it, you see, it will be possible to sell to some numismatist, and is much more expensive than the nominal.

How to pay for the trip

Since in the Russian exchanges to buy dongsit does not work out (we remind you that it is not converted), you will have to take dollars with you on the road. There is no more benevolent country to them than Vietnam! The monetary unit of the States will be willingly exchanged for dong practically everywhere, but it is worth considering the distrust of the local population and getting clean, whole and relatively new bills. And it is very common practice to take bucks, and surrender give dongs. The monetary unit of modern Vietnam, its residents willingly exchanged for yen, baht, yuan and euro, although the preference is still given to the dollar. The main thing is not to forget to declare the imported money at customs, otherwise you may not be able to take the "change" out of the country.

Where is it more profitable to change

Most safely - hotels, airport and pointsexchange. Recalculate received necessarily everywhere: do not be ashamed to cheat! Experienced travelers are advised to take an interest in how much the monetary unit of Vietnam, in jewelry stores, they say, there is a better course.

Bank Cards

Many people prefer to pay their cashexpenses with a plastic card. If you belong to this category, specify at the bank that issued this payment, whether it will act in Vietnam, and how much they will charge for service. It should also be taken into account that in the ATM there you can get money, but only in the form of dong, and for maintenance sderut 10%.