Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,213 VND/USD on October 18, up 14 VND from the previous day.
At major commercial banks, the opening hour rates saw sharp increases.
At 8:15am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 25,020 VND/USD and the selling rate at 25,380 VND/USD, both up 210 VND from October 17.
VietinBank also raised both rates by 210 VND, posting the buying rate at 25,010 VND/USD and the selling rate at 25,370 VND/USD./.
Reference exchange rate up 10 VND on October 16
The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,187 VND/USD on October 16, up 10 VND from the previous day.