Catalogus
| Uitgever | State Bank of Vietnam |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1985 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Cộng Hòa Xã Hội Chủ Nghĩa Việt Nam Năm Ðồng (Translation: Socialist Republic of Vietnam Five Ðồng) |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | Ngân Hàng Nhà Nước Việt Nam Năm Đồng (Translation: State Bank of Vietnam Five Đồng) |
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| Opmerkingen |
The April 30 print date embedded in this note is the date — forty years earlier — that Saigon fell to North Vietnamese forces, ending the war. Printing a note with that date in 1985 was a deliberate political act, not a production coincidence. The reunified government used currency as a vehicle for commemorative messaging throughout the 1980s series.
Low-denomination notes of this period circulated hard in an economy wracked by hyperinflation; by the mid-1980s, a 5 Đồng note bought almost nothing, and the Đổi Mới reforms of 1986 rendered much of the series obsolete within a year of issue.