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Reference exchange rate down 5 VND

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,138 VND per USD on December 18, down 5 VND from the previous day.
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Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the dailyreference exchange rate at 23,138 VND per USD on December 18, down 5 VND from the previous day.

With the currenttrading band of  +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banksduring the day is 23,832 VND/USD and the floor rate, 22,444 VND/USD.

The opening hour ratesat most commercial banks remained stable.

At 8:30 am,Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,010 VND/USD and the selling rate at23,220 VND/USD, unchanged from December 17.

BIDV also kept bothrates unchanged at 23,040 VND/USD (buying) and 23,220 VND/USD (selling).

During the week fromDecember 14 to December 18, the daily referenceexchange rate fluctuated variably but ended the week down 5 VND from the rate at the week’s beginning.

 The rates listed at most commercial banksstayed stable throughout the week./.
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