Reference exchange rate down at week’s beginning

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference VND/USD exchange rate at 22,439 VND/USD on December 18, down 2 VND from the rate on the last day of previous week (December 15).

Monday, December 18, 2017 09:25

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Reference exchange rate down at week’s beginning (Photo VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The StateBank of Vietnam set the daily reference VND/USD exchange rate at 22,439 VND/USDon December 18, down 2 VND from the rate on the last day of previous week(December 15).

With the current trading band of/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is23,112 VND and the floor rate 21,766 VND/USD.

The opening hour rates at mostmajor commercial banks stayed unchanged from December 15.

The buying rate is being listed at22,680 VND and selling rate at 22,750 VND/USD at Vietcombank, BIDV andVietinbank.-VNA

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