Reference exchange rate resumes rising trend

The daily reference exchange rate resumed the rising trend on December 14 after dropping for only one day on December 13, going up 5 VND to 22,778 VND/USD.
Reference exchange rate resumes rising trend ảnh 1Transactions at Techcombank (Source: Techcombank)

Hanoi (VNA)
– The dailyreference exchange rate resumed the rising trend on December 14 after droppingfor only one day on December 13, going up 5 VND to 22,778 VND/USD.

With the current trading band of+/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks for the day is 23,460VND/USD and the floor rate is 22,096 VND/USD.

 The opening hour rates listed at commercialbanks continued to drop.

Vietcombank reduced both ratesby 10 VND, listing the buying rate at 23,235 VND/USD and the selling rate at23,325 VND.

The rates listed by BIDV fell by15 VND to 23,240 VND/USD (buying) and 23,330 VND/USD (selling).

Both rates at Techcombank wentdown by 10 VND to 23,220 VND/USD (buying) and 23,330 VND/USD (selling).

The rates listed at thetransaction office of the State Bank of Vietnam were unchanged from theprevious day at 22,700 VND/USD (buying) and 23,406 VND/USD (selling).

This week (December 10-14), thereference exchange rate continued the rising trend except for Thursday. The rategained a total 12 VND during the week.

On the contrary, the rateslisted at commercial banks have decreased throughout the week. -VNA
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