Reference exchange rate down 23 VND on January 21

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 23,077 VND/USD on January 21, down 23 VND from the previous day.

Friday, January 21, 2022 09:32

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The State Bank of Vietnam sets the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 23,077 VND/USD on January 21 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily referenceexchange rate for the US dollar at 23,077 VND/USD on January 21, down 23 VNDfrom the previous day.

With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applicable tocommercial banks during the day is 23,769 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,384VND/USD.

The opening-hour rates at commercial banks dropped.

At 8:30 am, BIDV listed the buying rate at 22,500 VND/USD and the selling rateat 22,780 VND/USD, both down 30 VND from January 20.

Meanwhile, Vietcombank kept both rates unchanged at 22,470 VND/USD (buying) and22,780 VND/USD (selling).

During the week from January 17-21, the daily reference exchange rate followedan upward trend on the first three days then turned around to drop on the lasttwo days. It ended the week 8 VND lower than the rate on Monday./.

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