The daughter is off to Vietnam for a few weeks, and whilst searching for currency I was told by NatWest that it is a 'closed' currency, ie not allowed in and out of the country.. but then the girl in M&S told me she had £50 of dong... how so if it's not allowed... and would she get into trouble if she had currency whilst wondering through customs...?
There in 1999 and its not much changed I would think
Take sterling or dollars
most of the economy is dollarised ( ironic huh ?)
that is, a transaction is in dollars and the small change in dong ( under one dollar) . Fifteen y ago a bottle of water was a 1000 dong and by the time I left a month of so later it was 1500
yeah thinking back - I did everything either with a card or in dollars
Check this website - http://www.bestforeignexchange.com/Exchange-rates-check-exchange-rates.php - this will give you the best exchange rate. Using a card at an airport upon arrival would be OK but the charges are fairly high and the exchange rate would not be a good one. Alternatively take US$ and convert to Dong over there.