I went to Vietnam for work in ... 2015? a while ago now, and had a similar experience with their currency, except:
1) It's not a factor of 0.6, the exchange rate is around 25000:1, so when I had 140k VND left over it literally was worth more to me to keep it as the best-looking Monopoly money ever, vs. exchanging back for USD.
2) I said VND above, that stands for Vietnamese Dongs. The currency is dong. And I'm apparently still 12.
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I went to Vietnam for work in ... 2015? a while ago now, and had a similar experience with their currency, except:
1) It's not a factor of 0.6, the exchange rate is around 25000:1, so when I had 140k VND left over it literally was worth more to me to keep it as the best-looking Monopoly money ever, vs. exchanging back for USD.
2) I said VND above, that stands for Vietnamese Dongs. The currency is dong. And I'm apparently still 12.