Reference exchange rate down 6 VND at week’s beginning
The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,136 VND/USD on October 25, down 6 VND from the last working day of previous week (October 22).
Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA)With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 23,830 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,441 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at commercial banks stayed stable.
At 8:25 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 22,625 VND/USD and the selling rate at 22,855 VND/USD, unchanged from October 22.
BIDV also kept both rates unchanged at 22,655 VND/USD (buying) and 22,855 VND/USD (selling)./.
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