Reference exchange rate goes down

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,241 VND/USD on April 2, down 1 VND from the previous day.
Reference exchange rate goes down ảnh 1The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,241 VND/USD on April 2. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily referenceexchange rate at 23,241 VND/USD on April 2, down 1 VND from the previous day.

With thecurrent trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercialbanks during the day is 23,937 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,546 VND/USD.

The rates atcommercial banks saw a slight fluctuation.

At 8:25 am,Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 22,950 VND/USD and the selling rate at23,160 VND/USD, down 10 VND from April 1.

BIDV cut thebuying rate by 5 VND to 22,975 VND/USD and kept the selling rate unchanged at23,175 VND/USD.

Vietinbank kept both rates unchanged at 22,925 VND/USD (buying) and 23,175VND/USD (selling)./.
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