Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,228 VND/USD on October 21, up 15 VND from the last working day of the previous week.
At major commercial banks, the opening hour rates saw decreases.
At 8:29am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 24,990 VND/USD and the selling rate at 25,350 VND/USD, both down 30 VND from October 18.
VietinBank also cut both rates by 40 VND, posting the buying rate at 24,970 VND/USD and the selling rate at 25,330 VND/USD./.
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