: the basic monetary unit of Vietnam see Money Table
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This is that French pole vaulter who hit the bar with his massive dong last Olympics.—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2026 Around the same time, the family's eel restaurant reportedly relocated and expanded to Cheongdam-dong, also in Gangnam.—Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026 The fifth — and the largest — Gentle Monster Haus Nowhere concept store recently landed in Seoul’s Seongsu-dong district, and its five-story fantasy world boasts several new concepts including its first tea parlour, where the seductive power of aroma meets the mindfulness of tea culture.—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025 Despite the heavy central theme of chronic illness, there’s a delicious bawdiness to Will There Ever Be Another You, a vulgar juvenilia evoking graffiti-tag genitals or the ding dong ditch scene from Billy Madison.—Eric Olson
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025 Instead of a tiny dong, Toxie would have a monster dong.—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025 That money will be allocated to the port’s infrastructure development, while another 12 trillion Vietnamese dong ($457 million) will fund public maritime infrastructure.—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 12 Aug. 2025 Vietnam Container Shipping also rose 4.4%. —Lee Ying Shan
The Vietnamese dong weakened to a record low of 26,195 per dollar after its trade deal with the U.S., data from LSEG showed.—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 2 July 2025