Vietnamâs currency issued by the Vietnam State Bank is the Dong (VND). Vietnamese use both coins and paper notes.
Visit PhilippinesRelief.Adcouncil.org for a list of organizations responding to the typhoon. On November 8, 2013. Typhoon Haiyanâknown as Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippinesâmade landfall in the central Philippines, bringing strong winds and heavy rains that have resulted in flooding, landslides, and widespread damage.
In the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean, these storms are called tropical cyclones. Typhoon is the name given to this phenomenon in the North Pacific. Hurricane Rita at its peak in the Gulf of Mexico in September 2005.urricanes/tropical cyclones cause torrential rain. As a tropical storm approaches land, it also pushes a wall of water called a storm surge onto the shore. Flooding results, which can go inland for several miles.