<0xE2> <0x82> <0xAB> ▁notes . ▁They ▁were ▁taken ▁out ▁of ▁circul ation ▁by ▁September ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁State ▁Bank ▁of ▁Vietnam ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁and ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 <0xE2> <0x82> <0xAB> ▁cot ton ▁notes ▁are ▁no ▁longer ▁in ▁circul ation ▁as ▁of ▁January ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁Vietnam ▁began ▁replacing ▁its ▁cot ton ▁bank notes ▁with ▁pl astic ▁polym er ▁bank notes , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁this ▁would ▁reduce ▁the ▁cost ▁of ▁printing . ▁ ▁Many ▁newsp apers ▁in ▁the ▁country ▁critic ized ▁these ▁changes , ▁cit ing ▁mistakes ▁in ▁printing ▁and ▁alleg ing ▁that ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁the ▁governor ▁of ▁the ▁State ▁Bank ▁of ▁Vietnam ▁benef ited ▁from ▁printing ▁contract s . ▁ ▁The ▁government ▁cl amp ed ▁down ▁on ▁these ▁critic isms ▁by ▁b anning ▁two ▁newsp apers ▁from ▁publishing ▁for ▁a ▁month ▁and ▁considering ▁other ▁san ctions ▁against ▁other ▁newsp apers . ▁Even ▁though ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁series ▁bank notes ▁listed ▁in ▁the ▁table ▁below ▁have ▁now ▁completely ▁replaced ▁the ▁old ▁notes ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁denomin ations , ▁as ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁the ▁cot ton ▁fi ber ▁bank notes ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 , ▁ 5 0 0 , ▁ 1 0 0 0 , ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁and ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁ đ ồ ng ▁still ▁remain ▁in ▁wide ▁circul ation