Hanoi (VNA) – The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,843 VND/USD on March 28, down 3 VND from the previous day’s morning.
With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 26,085 VND/USD and the floor rate 23,601 VND/USD.
At major commercial banks, the opening-hour rates slightly increased.
At 8:30 am, Vietcombank and BIDV listed the buying rate at 25,400 VND/USD and the selling rate 25,760 VND/USD, both up 10 VND from March 27 morning./.

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