Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at23,160 VND/USD on December 20, down 3 VND from the previous day.
With the currenttrading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banksduring the day is 23,854 VND/USD and the floor rate22,465 VND/USD.
The opening hour rates at most commercial banks stayed stable.
At 8:15 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,080 VND/USD and the sellingrate at 23,230 VND/USD, which have remained unchanged for severaldays.
BIDV also kept bothrates unchanged, listing the buying rate at 23,110 VND/USD and the selling rateat 23,230 VND/USD.
Similarly, Techcombank maintained both rates at the same level as on December 19, with the buying rate at 23,092 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,232 VND/USD.
During the week fromDecember 16-20, the referenceexchange rate fluctuated variably but ended the week up 5 VND from the rate on Monday.
The rates listed atmost commercial banks stayed stable throughout the week./.
VNA