Reference exchange rate up 11 VND at week’s beginning
The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,149 VND per USD on December 21, up 11 VND from the last working day of previous week.
Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank ofVietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,149 VND per USD on December 21, up 11 VND from the last working day of previous week.
With the currenttrading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banksduring the day is 23,843 VND/USD and the floor rate, 22,455 VND/USD.
The opening hour ratesat most commercial banks remained stable.
At 8:25 am, Vietcombank listed thebuying rate at 23,010 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,220 VND/USD, unchangedfrom December 18.
BIDV also kept bothrates unchanged at 23,040 VND/USD (buying) and 23,220 VND/USD (selling).
The rates at Techcombank stayed the same as on December 18, at 23,107VND/USD (buying) and 23,217 VND/USD (selling).
During the week fromDecember 14 to December 18, the daily reference exchange rate fluctuatedvariably but ended the week down 5 VND from the rate at the week’s beginning.
The rates listed atmost commercial banks stayed stable throughout the week./.
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