Reference exchange rate down 5 VND on October 27

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 23,693 VND/USD on October 27, down 5 VND from the previous day.
Reference exchange rate down 5 VND on October 27 ảnh 1Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily referenceexchange rate for the US dollar at 23,693 VND/USD on October 27, down 5 VNDfrom the previous day.

With thecurrent trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable to commercial banksduring the day is 24,877 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,509 VND/USD.

Theopening-hour rates at commercial banks decreased.

At 8:45 am,BIDV listed the buying rate at 24,602 VND/USD and the selling rate at 24,882VND/USD, both down 5 VND from the end of October 26.

Meanwhile,Vietcombank kept both rates unchanged at 24,572 VND/USD (buying) and theselling rate at 23,882 VND/USD (selling), unchanged from the end of theprevious day./.
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