Reference exchange rate down 3 VND at week’s beginning
The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,600 VND/USD on April 10, down 3 VND from the last working day of previous week (April 7).
Illustrative image (Source: VNA)With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is 24,780 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,420 VND/USD.
The opening hour rates at commercial banks stayed stable.
At 8:30 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,250 VND/USD, and the selling rate at 23,620 VND/USD, unchanged from the end of April 7.
BIDV also kept both rates unchanged at 23,300 VND/USD (buying) and 23,600 VND/USD (selling).
During the week from April 3 to 7, the daily reference exchange rate was kept unchanged on the first day, adjusted up on the next day, unchanged on Wednesday and up on the last two days. It ended the week up 3 VND./.
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