Currency is a special kind of goods which serve as a store of value, and a standard of payment. Money is associated with economic growth and political stability of each country, it is therefore controlled and protected by the home government.
In Vietnam, the antique coins cash round square hole in the center using during the feudal dynasties that have been replaced with paper money soon after the French invaded and colonized the country in 1858, which also marked a turning point in the history of Vietnamese currency. Money was not only a means of participating in promoting economic development, but also to encourage the production and and dissemination ideal during the war against France and American in Vietnam, from 1954-1975, as well. The nationwide resistance war broke out, since 1954, Vietnam was temporarily divided into two zones including the free zone and the occupied zone which were one of the causes for the appearance of multiple forms of banknotes such as: “Vietnam notes”, “overstamps”, credit coupons and so on…
From 1975, the nation has been united, the government also unified the monetary versions into a single currency bearing the National Emblem of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
On the occasion of Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day, November 23rd 2020, the exhibition entitled "Vietnamese banknotes through the ages" will introduce a part of the Vietnamese's monetary history to be examined through several materials of 1,200 objects dated from the French colonial time to the modern-day. It probably clarifies the inheritance or rejection factors in culture, economy, politics in the Vietnamese history. Those objects may sketch the country during its split into regions, those banknotes might also illustrate the nation during the period of reunification, and reach the unity of the monetary system today.