Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at23,164 VND/USD on December 6, down 3 VND from the previous day.
With the currenttrading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks duringthe day is 23,858 VND/USD and the floor rate22,469 VND/USD.
The opening hour rates at most commercialbanks remained stable.
At 8:15 am,Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,090 VND/USD and the selling rate at23,240 VND/USD, unchanged from December 5.
BIDV also kept both rates unchanged at 23,120 VND/USD (buying) and 23,240 VND/USD(selling).
Techcombank raised both rates by 1 VND, listing the buyingrate at 23,089 VND/USD and the selling rateat 23,229 VND/USD.
During the weekfrom December 2 to 6, the daily reference exchange rate followed a downwardtrend in the first two days then turned around to go up for the next two daysbefore declining again on the last day. Overall, the rate ended the week up 7VND.
The rates listedat commercial banks generally ended the week lower than those on Monday./.
VNA