Face:

Ho Chi Minh; farmer and worker; denomination;

Text:

VIET-NAM DAN-CHU CONG-HOA = Democratic Republic of Vietnam;
TIN PHIEU = Credit note; NAM TRAM ĐONG = 伍佰元 = Five hundred dong;
CHU-TICH HO CHI MINH = President Ho Chi Minh;
ĐAI-DIEN CHINH-PHU TRUNG-UONG = Delegate of the Central Government
[signature: Phạm Văn Đồng];
ĐAI-DIEN U.B.H.C. TRUNG-BO = Delegate of the Trung Bo Administrative Committee
[signature: Nguyễn Duy Trinh];

Back:

highlands man with a spear; woman; denomination;

Text:

NĂM TRĂM ĐỒNG = Five hundred dong;

Watermark:

Star in circle