Talk:North Vietnamese đồng
Latest comment: 16 years ago by Pyvanet in topic Language appearing on currency
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Language appearing on currency edit
Did the Vietnamese Democratic Republic officially recognize language rights for the Thai and Chinese minorities? Because why do those languages appear on the Vietnamese currency in 1945? Le Anh-Huy (talk) 08:48, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
- Traditionally, from the French Indochina times, money denominations were written in Vietnamese, Chinese, Khmer and Lao. I've never heard about Thai language on Vietnamese currency... Pyvanet (talk) 16:11, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
- The "Thai" that you see is actually Khmer. DHN 04:13, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
OK, thanks, you two, for the clarification. However, I assumed it was Thai because this was the currency of the DRV ('45-'76), and thought that the writing was from the Thai/Tai/Tay minorities in the northwest. Le Anh-Huy 15:33, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- This language appears on Vietnamese currency from 40's to early 50's, but not till 76 as you say. The latest one is probably Tra Vinh local issue - that is next to Cambodian border. Pyvanet 20:58, 4 December 2007 (UTC)