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Reference exchange rate hikes on January 13

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,343 VND/USD on January 13, up 2 VND from last weekend.

Illustrative Image (Photo: VNA)
Illustrative Image (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,343 VND/USD on January 13, up 2 VND from last weekend.

With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 25,560 VND/USD and the floor rate 23,126 VND/USD.

At major commercial banks, however, the opening hour rates saw declines.

At 8:21 am, both Vietcombank and BIDV listed the buying rate at 25,185 VND/USD and the selling rate at 25,545 VND/USD, both down 13 VND from the rates on January 10./.

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