Vietnamese Dong - Count it easily!

It is true that counting notes of Vietnamese Dong is one of the most confusing thing to travellers.

So hard to count Vietnamese dong when paying something

Here are some tips for you:

1. You need to know The list of Vietnamese dong:

You know, every note has 02 sides.



But according to our experience, just ignore the side which has complicate images.



You do not have to remember the images of note when counting cash.



Just look at the side having image of President Hochiminh and find the amount of note on this side. Easily! Right?



There are some notes which are not listed here: note of 1.000 Vietnamese dong; note of 500 Vietnamese dong.












2. How to count note for payment:

    Ignore "the thousand"

    Because, expenses rarely are less than one thousand, so you should ignore 03 number zero.

    For example; When you have a bill of 235.000 Vietnamese Dong (in words: Two hundred and      thirty five thousand Vietnamese dong). It seems to be a huge matter.
    But when you ignore "the thousand", just "Two hundred and thirty five".

    Then, look at your pocket and ignore "the thousand" of note, too. Note of 200.000 will become 200. Easily. Right

    Actually, Vietnamese people also use that way to count notes. Amazing. Right

Way to count Vietnamese Dong

Posted by: Hanoi memory