Travel dilemmas: Vietnamese currency tips
by Catharine Hamm, Los Angeles Times
Feb 19, 2018
3 minutes
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Question: I will be traveling to Vietnam. Am I legally permitted to bring Vietnamese currency into Vietnam from the United States?
_Joe Joffino, Torrance, Calif.
Answer: You may take Vietnamese currency into Vietnam from the U.S. and vice versa.
Just for background: The dong is the national currency issued by the State Bank of Vietnam, the central bank. It is one of those currencies that makes doing math in your head a challenge.
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