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Reference exchange rate down at week’s beginning

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,167 VND/USD on December 30, down 2 VND from the last working day of previous week (December 27).
Reference exchange rate down at week’s beginning ảnh 1Transactions at Techcombank (Source: Techcombank)

Hanoi (VNA) -  The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,167 VND/USD on December 30, down 2 VND from the last working day of previous week (December 27). 

With the currenttrading band of  +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banksduring the day is 23,862 VND/USD and the floor rate22,471 VND/USD.

The opening hour ratesat most commercial banks stayed stable.

At 8:20 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,080 VND/USD and the sellingrate at 23,230 VND/USD, which have remained unchanged through previousweek.

BIDV also kept bothrates unchanged, listing the buying rate at 23,110 VND/USD and the selling rateat 23,230 VND/USD.

Techcombank added1 VND to both rates, with the buying rate listed at 23,094 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,234 VND/USD.

During the week fromDecember 23-27, the referenceexchange rate followed the downward trend for most of the weekbefore surging on Friday to end the week up 10 VND from the rate on Monday.

The rates listed at mostcommercial banks stayed stable throughout the week./.
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