Lao kip establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Kaysone Phomvihane is pictured on the obverse of the 2,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000, 50,000, and 100,000 kip banknotes. The Bank of Laos governor announced on January 25, 2012 that the Bank of Laos would issue 100,000 Kip banknotes as a regular issue on February 1, 2012 (but dated 2011) to encourage Lao people to use the national currency instead of U.S. dollars and Thai baht. Lao kip The kip (; code: LAK; sign: ₭ or ₭N; ; officially: ເງີນກີບລາວ, lit. "currency Lao kip") is the currency of Laos since 1952. Historically, one kip
Renminbi currency value Renminbi currency value Renminbi currency value is a debate affecting the Chinese currency unit, the "renminbi" ( Code:CNY). The "renminbi" is classified as a fixed exchange rate currency "with reference to a basket of currencies", which has drawn attention from nations which have freely floated currency and has become a source of trade friction with western nations Some economists have argued that the value of the "renminbi" should be allowed to appreciate by 20 to 40 percent against the US dollar. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the "renminbi" is undervalued somewhere between five and 27 percent. The "renminbi"