Reference exchange rate down at week’s beginning

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,315 VND/USD on December 23, down 9 VND from the last work day of the previous week.

Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA)
Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,315 VND/USD on December 23, down 9 VND from the last work day of the previous week.

With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 25,531 VND/USD and the floor rate 23,099 VND/USD.

At major commercial banks, the opening hour rates saw a decrease.At 8:37 am, both Vietcombank and BIDV listed the buying rate at 25,230 VND/USD and the selling rate at 25,530 VND/USD, both down 10 from December 20./.

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