{"product_id":"mw1-kb1334","title":"Bundle of 100 Sequential Vietnam 1988 500 Dong Banknotes, 100pcs","description":"Bundle of 100 Sequential Vietnam 1988 500 Dong Banknotes, 100pcs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of Southeast Asia's two communist states, Vietnam is bordered by China, Laos, and Cambodia. It has been inhabited since the Paleolithic, with the ancestors of the modern Vietnamese population appearing around 1000 BCE. These early people, known as the Lac, practiced wet-rice cultivation in the Red River Delta region. Conflict with Vietnam's much larger neighbour, China, began early in its history, but its unique culture was distinct and established enough to prevent assimilation. Contact with the West began with the Portuguese in 1516 and culminated in Vietnam's conquest by France in the late 19th century. This made Vietnam part of French Indochina, which subjected it to brutal colonial exploitation that it only escaped following France's troubles in the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese banknotes date to Vietnam's modern Socialist Republic. They feature the portrait of Vietnamese revolutionary and communist leader Ho Chi Minh, who fought for Vietnamese independence from Japan, France, and the United States. The reverse shows the Hai Phong port in Northern Vietnam.","brand":"Colonial Acres Coins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52602577420577,"sku":"July.Week1.P3-KB1334","price":26.55,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/1744\/7457\/files\/KB1334.jpg?v=1777381475","url":"https:\/\/www.colonialacres.com\/products\/mw1-kb1334","provider":"Colonial Acres Coins","version":"1.0","type":"link"}