đ ồ ng ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁al umin ium ▁co ins ▁( dated ▁ 1 9 7 6 ), ▁were ▁introduced ▁in ▁denomin ations ▁of ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 , ▁and ▁ 5 ▁h à o ▁and ▁ 1 ▁ đ ồ ng . ▁The ▁co ins ▁were ▁mint ed ▁by ▁the ▁Berlin ▁mint ▁in ▁the ▁German ▁Democratic ▁Republic ▁and ▁bear ▁the ▁state ▁cr est ▁on ▁the ▁ob verse ▁and ▁den om ination ▁on ▁the ▁reverse . ▁Due ▁to ▁chron ic ▁infl ation , ▁these ▁co ins ▁lost ▁all ▁their ▁relevant ▁value ▁and ▁no ▁co ins ▁circul ated ▁for ▁many ▁years ▁after ▁this ▁series . ▁ ▁Second ▁ đ ồ ng ▁ ▁Comm emor ative ▁Iss ues ▁ ▁Comm emor ative ▁co ins ▁in ▁co pper , ▁br ass , ▁co pper - nick el , ▁silver , ▁and ▁gold ▁have ▁been ▁issued ▁since ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁but ▁none ▁of ▁these ▁have ▁ever ▁been ▁used ▁in ▁circul ation . ▁▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁Issue ▁The ▁State ▁Bank ▁of ▁Vietnam ▁res umed ▁issu ing ▁co ins ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁ ▁The ▁new ▁co ins , ▁mint ed ▁by ▁the ▁M int ▁of ▁Finland , ▁were ▁in ▁denomin ations ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 , ▁ 5 0 0 , ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 , ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 , ▁and ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁ đ ồ ng ▁in ▁either