Reference exchange rate down on December 23

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,159 VND/USD on December 23, down 1 VND from the last working day of previous week (December 20).
Reference exchange rate down on December 23 ảnh 1Transactions at Techcombank (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA)
- The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at23,159 VND/USD on December 23, down 1 VND from the last working dayof previous week (December 20).

With the currenttrading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banksduring the day is 23,854 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,464 VND/USD.

The opening hour ratesat most commercial banks stayed stable.

At 8:25 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,080 VND/USD and the sellingrate at 23,230 VND/USD, which have remained unchanged for several days.

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

Similarly, Techcombankmaintained both rates at the same level as on December 20, with the buying rate at 23,094 VND/USD and theselling rate at 23,234 VND/USD.

During the week from December 16-20, thereference exchange rate fluctuated variably but ended the week up 5 VND fromthe rate on Monday.

The rates listed atmost commercial banks stayed stable throughout the week./.
VNA

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