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Reference exchange rate continues to decrease on January 8

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,330 VND/USD on January 8, down 2 VND from the previous day.

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,330 VND/USD on January 8, down 2 VND from the previous day.

With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 25,547 VND/USD and the floor rate 23,114 VND/USD.

At major commercial banks, the opening hour rates saw decreases.

At 8:37 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 25,186 VND/USD and the selling rate at 25,546 VND/USD, down 62 VND and 2 VND from January 7, respectively.

Meanwhile, BIDV also cut the buying rate by 43 VND and the selling rate by 3 VND, listing at 25,205 VND/USD and 25,545 VND/USD, respectively./.

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