The average VND/USD exchange rate has been risen by another 1 percent (Photo: VNA)
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has increased the average inter-bank exchange rate between the VND and USD applicable to August 19 by 1 percent, from 21,673 VND to 21,890 VND per one USD.
The central bank also widened the trading band of VND/USD from +/- 2 percent to +/- 3 percent.
With those adjustments, the ceiling exchange rate is 22,547 VND per dollar and the floor rate is 21,233 VND per dollar.
The SBV explained that to respond to the Chinese yuan’s strongest devaluation in two decades, the bank already raised the trading band of VND/USD from +/- 1 percent to +/-2 percent on August 12. Developments in the domestic and foreign markets in the following days proved that move was appropriate.
However, the domestic market is still concerned over the impact of the US Federal Reserve (FED)’s possible increase of interest rates, the bank said, elaborating that it hiked the inter-bank exchange rate to proactively lead the market and prepare for adverse effects of the FED’s likely move.
With the recent adjustments, the VND will be more flexible to changes in the domestic and global markets until early 2016, helping ensure stability in the foreign exchange market and the competitiveness of Vietnamese goods, the SBV noted.
The central bank vowed to employ synchronous measures and monetary policy tools to stabilise the foreign exchange market and exchange rates.-VNA
