Reference exchange rate down 10 VND

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,130 VND per USD on June 8, down 10 VND from the previous day.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily referenceexchange rate at 23,130 VND per USD on June 8, down 10 VND from the previousday.

With thecurrent trading band of  +/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercialbank during the day is 23,844 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,455 VND/USD.

The rateslisted at major commercial banks saw fluctuations.

At 8:30 am,Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 22,850 VND/USD and the selling rate at23,080 VND/USD, down 65 VND from June 7.

BIDV also cutboth rates by 65 VND to 22,880 (buying) and 23,080 VND/USD (selling)./.
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