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.
1 August 21, 1983 â Benigno Aquino, Jr. and Rolando Galman are assassinated at Manila International Airport. 2  August 24, 1983 â Ferdinand Marcos creates a fact-finding commission headed by Supreme Court Chief Justice Enrique Fernando to investigate the Aquino murder; it dissolves after two meetings.