Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,118 VND/USD on September 27, up 13 VND from the previous day.
With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 25,324 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,912 VND/USD.
At major commercial banks, the opening hour rates also increased.
At 8:17am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 24,460 VND/USD and the selling rate at 24,800 VND/USD, both up 40 VND from September 26.
Similarly, BIDV raised both rates by 30 VND, posting the buying rate at 24,460 VND/USD and the selling rate at 24,800 VND/USD./.
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