Reference exchange rate down 14 VND on January 14

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Hanoi (VNA) – The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 23,082 VND/USD, down 14 VND from the previous day.

With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 23,774 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,389 VND/USD.

The opening-hour rates at commercial banks all rose.

At 8:30am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 22,540 VND/USD and the selling rate at 22,850 VND/USD, both up 10 VND from January 13.  

BIDV also added 10 VND to both rates, listing the buying rate at 22,570 VND/USD and the selling rate at 22,850 VND/USD.

During the week from January 10-14, the reference exchange rate fluctuated but ended the week up 43 VND from the beginning at the week./.