What is the currency of the Republic of Vietnam

A logical question, what is the currency of the Republic of Vietnam? ... The currency of the State of Vietnam is Dong and began to be used in 1978 AD, the state occupies ranked No. 13 in the world's population because the population of over 90 million people, mostly young people under the age of 30 years and has accounted for 60% of the population and an area of ​​331.698 kilometers Square .

Vietnam is one of the Soviet Socialist Republics is located in Southeast Asia on Tolkien Gulf and the Sea of ​​China, the capital of the Republic of Vietnam is Hanoi and is bordered to the north in China and the Middle Tolkien Bay and the west is bordered by Laos, Thailand and Kpodia and most important cities of Ho Chi and Haiphong City, overlooking the Gulf of Thailand, which is separated from the semi-Huzeirh Malay .

The territory of the Republic of Vietnam, a distance of 1650 km stretch but a width not exceeding 50 kilometers, and the advantage of geographical diversity of the country Balastewaiah and the mountainous terrain there are no land and steppe lands and dense forests are divided into five regions in percentage Tdharasah namely:

1. Northern Highlands: The highest mountain in the country, 3143 meters above sea level.

2. Onamait mountain range: stretching from the north to the west.

3. coastal plains: located in the eastern part of the East of the country.

4. Red River Delta: extends from the northern highlands to the Gulf of Tonkin, and the rising river delta three meters or less often.

5. Mekong Delta: includes areas south of Onamait mountains and coastal areas and the chain above her height of three meters.

Historically, named after Vietnam officially as the name of the country in 1804 AD where this name adopted by Emperor Gia Long after it was amended the old name Nam Viet (South Vietnam), which was used as the name of Old to Vietnam, and then he amended by the new emperor Minh Mang and around the name Dai Nam any South Great in 1839, but returned from Vietnam a new name for the country has shown the end of World War II in 1945 AD.

Vietnam prevail tropical climate and this is what helps to be very Zacharh resources of the wealth of nature where abounds Vietnam phosphates, coal Halmngenam, oil and gas and chromate and bauxite, but they are prone to natural hazards strongly such as hurricanes like Hurricane Typhoon seasonally flooding rivers and seas, so Vietnam has signed several environmental conventions and international agreements Kbrocochoa Kyoto climate change, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change.