Vietnam - Can we take currency in?

Hi, going to S. Vietnam for hols. Can we take Vietnam currency in?...if not,
and if we wish to have some currency to exchange, would it be best to take
in UKPounds or USDollars currency and then change to Dong when there?
Cheers.

In article , ARADURS says...
Hi, going to S. Vietnam for hols. Can we take Vietnam currency in?...if not,
and if we wish to have some currency to exchange, would it be best to take
in UKPounds or USDollars currency and then change to Dong when there?

Any currency will be fine, just don't carry too much money with you.
Very easy to get cash at ATMs, which are available everywhere in
Vietnam.
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Alfred Molon
http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe

That's great...TVM.
Dave.
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"LeisureMan" wrote in message
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On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:46:29 -0000, "ARADURS" DS@NOMAIL wrote:

Hi, going to S. Vietnam for hols. Can we take Vietnam currency in?...if
not,
and if we wish to have some currency to exchange, would it be best to take
in UKPounds or USDollars currency and then change to Dong when there?
Cheers.


I used USD but mostly ATM - CitiBank branches in HCM City and Hanoi
provided great service - (3 years ago). If you are from UK then I
would think Pounds should do fine. I would suggest that taking
Vietnam currency in would NOT be very practical.
When I was there 1 USD = 14,000 dongs; over a million dongs for
every 100 USD; you may need extra backpack just to carry all the
dongs !










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LeisureMan

On Jan 27, 5:46 am, "ARADURS" DS@NOMAIL wrote:
Hi, going to S. Vietnam for hols. Can we take Vietnam currency in?...if not,
and if we wish to have some currency to exchange, would it be best to take
in UKPounds or USDollars currency and then change to Dong when there?
Cheers.

where are you going to get Vietnam currency outside of vietnam? Best
is to use ATM card.

In article , ARADURS DS@NOMAIL
wrote:

Hi, going to S. Vietnam for hols. Can we take Vietnam currency in?...if not,
and if we wish to have some currency to exchange, would it be best to take
in UKPounds or USDollars currency and then change to Dong when there?
Cheers.



You can take VND in with you, if you have it. But most currency
exchange places outside of Vietnam don't have Dong (I've never found
one in Singapore, Malaysia, S. Korea or Taiwan, but there may be some
places I haven't found), so unless you already have some currency,
you'll have to change money once you're in the country. I've found that
USD are readily accepted, to the point that I've received hotel bills
in dollars. Also, as others have pointed out, most ATMs in Vietnam are
a part of Star, Plus, Interlink or other international networks, and
you can easily get VND from them.

OK Cheers

"Alan Street" wrote in message
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In article , ARADURS DS@NOMAIL
wrote:

Hi, going to S. Vietnam for hols. Can we take Vietnam currency in?...if
not,
and if we wish to have some currency to exchange, would it be best to
take
in UKPounds or USDollars currency and then change to Dong when there?
Cheers.



You can take VND in with you, if you have it. But most currency
exchange places outside of Vietnam don't have Dong (I've never found
one in Singapore, Malaysia, S. Korea or Taiwan, but there may be some
places I haven't found), so unless you already have some currency,
you'll have to change money once you're in the country. I've found that
USD are readily accepted, to the point that I've received hotel bills
in dollars. Also, as others have pointed out, most ATMs in Vietnam are
a part of Star, Plus, Interlink or other international networks, and
you can easily get VND from them.

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:46:29 -0000, "ARADURS" DS@NOMAIL wrote:

Hi, going to S. Vietnam for hols. Can we take Vietnam currency in?...if not,
and if we wish to have some currency to exchange, would it be best to take
in UKPounds or USDollars currency and then change to Dong when there?
Cheers.


Don't forget that every time you buy a US dollar O/seas it's an
interest free loan to little Georgie Bush.

Just another good reason to take your own currency. As mentioned,
it's a snack to exchange it into Dong. They have 5, 10, 20, 50, 100,
200 & 500,000 notes so there's no need for any back pack for notes at
all.

ARADURS wrote:

Hi, going to S. Vietnam for hols. Can we take Vietnam currency in?...if
not, and if we wish to have some currency to exchange, would it be best to
take in UKPounds or USDollars currency and then change to Dong when there?
Cheers.

My wife and I visited the country a little over two months ago, and we
brought in US dollars, Hong Kong dollars, and Yuan. No problems. We were
able to convert US dollars to dong for between 15,500 to 16,000 dong to the
dollar. I converted very few dollars to dong. We were careful to declare
this currency when we entered the country along with our gold jewelry. Two
years ago, one guy at immigation or customs (can't remember which) actually
wanted to see all the currency. We always save receipts whenever we can get
them.

rg

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ARADURS wrote:

Hi, going to S. Vietnam for hols. Can we take Vietnam currency in?...if
not, and if we wish to have some currency to exchange, would it be best
to take in UKPounds or USDollars currency and then change to Dong when
there?
Cheers.

My wife and I visited the country a little over two months ago, and we
brought in US dollars, Hong Kong dollars, and Yuan. No problems. We were
able to convert US dollars to dong for between 15,500 to 16,000 dong to
the dollar. I converted very few dollars to dong. We were careful to
declare this currency when we entered the country along with our gold
jewelry. Two years ago, one guy at immigation or customs (can't remember
which) actually wanted to see all the currency. We always save receipts
whenever we can get them.

rg

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OK, Thanks for that.
Anyone know an on-line address where we can find out what exchange rate
we can get when in VN for USD and UKP?
I'm sure its there but can I find it?...no.

In article , ARADURS says...

Anyone know an on-line address where we can find out what exchange rate
we can get when in VN for USD and UKP?
I'm sure its there but can I find it?...no.

http://www.xe.com/ucc/
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Alfred Molon
http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe