Reference exchange rate down on first day of week hinh anh 1Transaction at Vietcombank (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) –
The State Bank of Vietnam adjusted the daily reference exchange rate down by 5 VND to 22,683 VND/USD on August 27.

With the current trading band of +/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is 23,363 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,003 VND/USD.

The opening hour rates at commercial banks stayed stable.

Both Vietcombank and BIDV kept their rates unchanged from the last working day of previous week (August 24), listing the buying rate at 23,260 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,340 VND/USD.

The rates at Techcombank are also maintained at the same level as on August 24, at 23,240 VND/USD (buying) and 23,340 VND/USD (selling).

Last week (August 20-24), the reference exchange rate followed the downward trend on the first three days, then turned to rise on the last two days. It opened the week at 22,684 VND/USD and ended the week at 22,688 VND/USD.-VNA
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