Vietnamâs currency issued by the Vietnam State Bank is the Dong (VND). Vietnamese use both coins and paper notes.
Visit PhilippinesRelief.Adcouncil.org for a list of organizations responding to the typhoon. On November 8, 2013. Typhoon Haiyanâknown as Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippinesâmade landfall in the central Philippines, bringing strong winds and heavy rains that have resulted in flooding, landslides, and widespread damage.
In 1881, the most catastrophic typhoon in the recorded history stroke Vietnam, killing more than 300,000 people. This is not the first, nor the last powerful typhoon in the area, as this particular gulf is right in the path of many Pacific typhoons, namely those originating in Philippines.