Reference exchange rate down 5 VND at week’s beginning hinh anh 1The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,196 VND per USD on October 19.(Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,196 VND per USD on October 19, down 5 VND from the last working day of previous week (October 16).

With the current trading band of  +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is 23,891 VND/USD and the floor rate, 22,501 VND/USD.

 The opening hour rates at most commercial banks stayed stable.

At 8:25 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,060 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,270 VND/USD, both unchanged from October 16.

BIDV also kept both rates unchanged at 23,090 VND/USD (buying) and 23,270 VND/USD (selling).

Techcombank added 2 VND to both rates, listing the buying rate at 23,069 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,269 VND/USD.

During the week from October 12 to 16, the daily reference exchange rate was adjusted down on Monday and Thursday, and up on the remaining days. It ended the week up 8 VND.

The rates listed at commercial banks remained stable throughout the week./.
VNA