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Reference exchange rate remains unchanged at week’s beginning

With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 26,369 VND/USD, and the floor rate 23,857 VND/USD.

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

Hanoi (VNA) – The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 25,113 VND/USD on January 26, unchanged from the last working day of the previous week.

With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 26,369 VND/USD, and the floor rate 23,857 VND/USD.

At 8:15, the buying and selling rates at major commercial banks saw decreases.

Both Vietcombank and BIDV listed the buying rate at 26,048 VND/USD and the selling rate at 26,368 VND/USD, down 33 VND and 13 VND, respectively, from the January 23 session./.

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