Traveller's cheques and credit cards (American Express, Visa, Mastercard) are exchanged for Vietnamese dong at the banks. Cards can be used in travel agencies, hotels, and major restaurants. US currency is exchanged for Vietnamese dong and treasury notes in banks, exchange bureaus, hotels, and jewellery shops.
Nikola Tesla designed the first hydroelectric power plant at Niagara Falls, New York which started producing electrical power in 1895. This was the beginning of the electrification of the United States and the rest of the world. Today, Teslaâs AC electricity is lighting and powering the globe.
Located at the intersection of 34th Street and 8th Avenue. Built in 1930. Tesla died on January 7th, 1943 in the Hotel New Yorker, where he had lived for the last ten years of his life (1933 -1943). Room 3327 on the 33rd floor is the two-room suites he occupied. Above: Street window celebrating Our Heritage, Nikola Tesla is photographed with King Peter of Yugoslavia in Hotel New Yorker, 1942.