Whereas US $ 1 used to buy 10,000 dong, now it buys 16,000. A wage worth US $ 45 would have to rise from 450,000 to 720,000 dong to maintain that value.
因為美金與越盾比，從 1 比 10,000 大幅貶值到 1 比 16,000，如此一來，同樣是 45 元美金等值的月薪，就應該從當年的 45 萬越盾增加為 72 萬越盾。