Vietnam
Vietnam new date (2013) 10,000-dong note confirmed
Mar 23, 2013 07:47 AM Category: South Asia
10,000 dong, (20)13. Like P119, but new date.
Courtesy of Claudio Marana.
Courtesy of Claudio Marana.
Vietnam new date (2012) 50,000-dong note confirmed
Mar 22, 2013 03:31 PM Category: South Asia
50,000 dong, (20)12. Like P121, but new date.
Courtesy of Bill Stubkjaer.
Courtesy of Bill Stubkjaer.
Vietnam new date (2012) 20,000-dong note confirmed
Mar 22, 2013 03:31 PM Category: South Asia
20,000 dong, (20)12. Like P120, but new date.
Courtesy of Bill Stubkjaer.
Courtesy of Bill Stubkjaer.
Vietnam Coins and Papermoney published
Mar 05, 2013 08:15 AM Category: East and Southeast Asia
Valota Massimiliano has published a second edition of Vietnam Coins and Papermoney, a 350-page catalog in English with color images, index of rarity, and cross-references to other catalogs for easy searching. The catalog covers the coins and notes of South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Vietnam Socialist, and military payment coupons.
Cost is 30 euro each, excluding shipping.
Anyone interested in buying one of these catalogs can contact the author by clicking the link below.
Courtesy of Valota Massimiliano.
Vietnam 10,000- and 20,000-dong notes on cotton to be withdrawn 01.01.2013
Sep 30, 2012 02:51 PM Category: East and Southeast Asia
According to an article on The Voice of Vietnam dated 29 September 2012, the State Bank of Vietnam has announced that 10,000- and 20,000-dong (US$0.50 and $1, respectively) notes printed on cotton (Pick 109/115 and Pick 110) will no longer be legal tender as of 1 January 2013, but may exchange them at SBV branches and other institutions. These denominations have been replaced by polymer notes (Pick 119 and Pick 120).
Viet Nam new date (2011) 200,000- and 500,000-dong notes confirmed
Feb 04, 2012 09:25 AM Category: East and Southeast Asia
200,000 dong (US$9.50), (20)11. Like P123, but new date.
500,000 dong (US$23.85), (20)11. Like P124, but new date.
Anyone interested in buying one of these notes can contact the contributor by clicking the link below. Be sure to say you saw it mentioned on BanknoteNews.com.
Courtesy of Duong Do Hoang.
500,000 dong (US$23.85), (20)11. Like P124, but new date.
Anyone interested in buying one of these notes can contact the contributor by clicking the link below. Be sure to say you saw it mentioned on BanknoteNews.com.
Courtesy of Duong Do Hoang.
Viet Nam new date (2011) 10,000-, 50,000-, and 100,000-dong notes confirmed
Jan 17, 2012 09:31 AM Category: East and Southeast Asia
10,000 (US$0.50), 50,000 (US$2.40), and 100,000 (US$4.75) dong, (20)11. Like P119, P121, and P122, respectively, but new date. Polymer.
Anyone interested in buying one of these notes can contact the contributor by clicking the link below. Be sure to say you saw it mentioned on BanknoteNews.com.
Courtesy of Duong Do Hoang.
Anyone interested in buying one of these notes can contact the contributor by clicking the link below. Be sure to say you saw it mentioned on BanknoteNews.com.
Courtesy of Duong Do Hoang.
Viet Nam new date (2010) 10,000-dong note confirmed
Feb 17, 2011 12:28 PM Category: East and Southeast Asia
10,000 dong (US$0.50), (20)10. Like P119, but new date.
Courtesy of Duong Do Hoang.
Courtesy of Duong Do Hoang.
Viet Nam new date (2010) 200,000-dong note confirmed
Feb 17, 2011 12:27 PM Category: East and Southeast Asia
200,000 dong (US$9.60), (20)10. Like P123, but new date.
Courtesy of Duong Do Hoang.
Courtesy of Duong Do Hoang.
Viet Nam new date (2010) 500,000-dong note confirmed
Jan 06, 2011 08:36 AM Category: East and Southeast Asia
500,000-dong (US$26.20), (20)10. Like P124, but new date.
Anyone interested in buying one of these notes can contact the contributor by clicking the link below. Be sure to say you saw it mentioned here on Banknotenews.com.
Courtesy of Duong Do Hoang and Jean-Michel Engels.
Documentary on Reserve Bank of Australia's bribery scandal
May 24, 2010 04:28 PM Category: Oceania
Four Corners has produced a documentary, Dirty Money, that explores how the central pillar of Australia’s financial system, the Reserve Bank, became ensnared in an international bribery scandal related to its polymer substrate subsidiary’s attempts to gain contracts around the world.
Courtesy of Kai Hwong.
Courtesy of Kai Hwong.
Viet Nam new date (2008) notes confirmed
Apr 21, 2010 11:12 PM Category: East and Southeast Asia
All denominations of notes from Viet Nam have been confirmed dated (20)08, except the 50,000- and 200,000-dong notes.
Courtesy of Ryan Vuong.
Viet Nam 100,000-dong note error confirmed
Apr 07, 2010 09:19 AM Category: East and Southeast Asia
An error has been confirmed on Viet Nam’s 100,000-dong (US$5.25) polymer note (Pick 122). In the microprinting at lower left on the front of the note the denomination is spelled out in numerals, however there is a zero missing from the second full set of numerals (see circled area above). This error has been confirmed on all dates (2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008).
Courtesy of Ryan Vuong.
Viet Nam new date (2009) notes confirmed
Feb 15, 2010 10:37 PM Category: East and Southeast Asia
10,000 to 500,000 dong. Like Pick 119-124, but new date (20)09.
Courtesy of Torsten Fuhlendorf.
Viet Nam denies rumor of million-dong note
Dec 20, 2009 10:46 AM Category: East and Southeast Asia
According to a VNBusinessNews.com article dated 02.12.2009, Nguyen Ngoc Bao, the director of the Monetary Policy Department, has denied rumors that the State Bank of Vietnam plans to issue 1,000,000-dong (US$54) banknotes. At present the largest denomination in Vietnam is the polymer 500,000-dong note (Pick 124, shown above).
Courtesy of Thomas Krause.
Viet Nam issues two new polymer notes
Aug 15, 2006 11:00 AM Category: East and Southeast Asia
On August 15, 2006, the State Bank of Vietnam announced it would issue two new polymer notes. The 200,000-dong note is the first of that denomination in the nation’s history. The current paper 10,000-dong note (Pick 115) remains legal tender; all smaller bank notes are being replaced by coins. SBV has announced that it will eventually convert all its denominations to polymer.
10,000 dongs, (20)06. Issued August 30, 2006. Purple, light green, and light blue. President Ho Chi Minh. “Treehouse” wmk, curved security thread, registration device, microprinting, and “VN” latent image. Off-shore oil rigs on back. Polymer. 132 x 60 mm.
200,000 dongs, (20)06. Issued August 30, 2006. Red, green, and peach. President Ho Chi Minh as portrait and wkm. Curved security thread, registration device, OVI, and microprinting. Junk in Ha Long Bay on back. Polymer. 148 x 65 mm.
10,000 dongs, (20)06. Issued August 30, 2006. Purple, light green, and light blue. President Ho Chi Minh. “Treehouse” wmk, curved security thread, registration device, microprinting, and “VN” latent image. Off-shore oil rigs on back. Polymer. 132 x 60 mm.
200,000 dongs, (20)06. Issued August 30, 2006. Red, green, and peach. President Ho Chi Minh as portrait and wkm. Curved security thread, registration device, OVI, and microprinting. Junk in Ha Long Bay on back. Polymer. 148 x 65 mm.
Viet Nam to issue more cotton notes
Jan 11, 2007 06:12 PM Category: East and Southeast Asia
Despite previously announcing its intention to eventually convert all its bank note denominations to polymer, the State Bank of Vietnam recently announced it would issue low-denomination cotton notes in the face of strong public opposition to the usage of coins. There is no word yet on exactly what new denominations will be released, nor when.
