Vietnam's Money In Using (Part 2)

We'll continue with the rest of Vietnam's money denominations:

The following denomination is 10.000 VNĐ

You can buy 2 bottles of water (500ml / bottle). But in some areas such as big cities, or travel towns, resorts,...ect, the prices must be higher. So, I just give you the prices at my place, so you could understand this money denomination easier.

When the seller asks you to pay 11.000VNĐ just give them 10.000 VNĐ + 1.000 VNĐ.

10.000 + 10.000 = 20.000 VNĐ

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6 months ago, I could buy 10 eggs with only 20.000 VNĐ. But now, you have to add 5.000 VNĐ, because the price is 25.000 VNĐ/ 10 eggs.

20.000 +20.000 = 40.000 VNĐ , but we don't have that kind of denomination.




 So, the next would be 50.000 VNĐ.

The tip is: make the sellers return to you 10.000 VNĐ if the price is only 40.000 VNĐ
 I can't take my friend to KFC because 50.000 VNĐ only can serve 1 person.

5 sheets of 10.000 VNĐ = 50.000 VNĐ
2 sheets of 20.000 VNĐ + 1 sheet of 10.000 VNĐ = 50.000 VNĐ

50.000 + 50.000 = 100.000 VNĐ

 This is how 100.000 VNĐ look like:

This amount of money is enough to buy foods for 2 adults and 2 children in a family for a whole day. Life in countrysides is way easier in prices than big cities, especially foods, they're fresher and better in taste.

10 sheets of 10.000 VNĐ = 100.000 VNĐ
5 sheets of 10.000 VNĐ   = 100.000 VNĐ
2 sheets of 50.000 VNĐ   = 100.000 VNĐ

100.000 + 100.000 = 200.000 VNĐ


200.000 VNĐ denomination :

You should be careful with this money denomination, even Vietnamese sometimes may have confused with the 10.000 VNĐ denomination. Because the colors are almost the same, just a little bit different, so when you're in hurry, you could give the wrong sheet to the sellers, instead of 10.000 VNĐ, you'd give them 200.000 VNĐ, and in some cases, they'd not return the rest of money to you.
But don't worry, you just need to remember, the size of 200.000 VNĐ is larger than 10.000 VNĐ. So before paying money, you should check the sizes of two denominations.

The last one is 500.000 VNĐ

This is the highest denomination in Vietnam's Money.

50 sheets of 10.000 VNĐ = 500.000 VNĐ
25 sheets of 20.000 VNĐ = 500.000 VNĐ
10 sheets of 50.000 VNĐ = 500.000 VNĐ
5 sheets of 100.000 VNĐ = 500.000 VNĐ
2 sheets of 200.000 + 1 sheet of 100.000 = 500.000 VNĐ

Another advice is you should look carefully at the prices and check the money 3 times before paying to make sure that you wouldn't have any mistake. And you also should have a local tour guide or a Vietnamese friend goes with you to get to know about Vietnam better.They really could help you out of some troubles you may caught by misunderstanding.

Have a fun time.

JennLe.