Blog #2, I decided to use 500,000 dong. The colors for this currency is bright light colors of green and yellow. It’s completely different to Americans’ currency. On top of that, I like how the currency goes beyond the value of 100. Seeing 500,000 motivates me to save it/ use it cause in my mind, I see a ridiculously amount in 1 currency bill. Unfortunately, 500,000 isn’t the same in U.S dollars. The value is equivalent to 22.21 U.S dollars according to a conversion website I just checked.

The image of the man is Ho Chi Minh, who was the Vietnamese Communism revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–55) and president (1945–69) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He was a key figure in the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, as well as the People’s Army of Vietnam and the Việt Cộng during the Vietnam War.