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.
Typhoon Haiyan the biggest yet as world's tropical storms gather force. Haiyan may be strongest ever to hit land so far but as the oceans warm the power of storms is rising. Typhoon Haiyan over the Leyte Gulf, east of the central Philippines. Photograph: Zuma/Rex Features.