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Reference exchange rate revised down on March 18

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,199 VND per USD on March 18, falling by 5 VND from the previous day.
Reference exchange rate revised down on March 18 ảnh 1The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,199 VND per USD on March 18 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The State Bank of Vietnam set the dailyreference exchange rate at 23,199 VND per USD on March 18, down 5 VNDfrom the previous day.

With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceilingrate applied to commercial banks during theday is 23,895 VND/USD and the floor rate, 22,504 VND/USD.
The opening hour rates at some commercial banks remainedstable.
At 8:25 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 22,950VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,160 VND/USD, unchanged from the previous day.
BIDV also kept both rates unchanged, listing the buying rate at 22,970VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,170 VND/USD.
Similarly, the rates at Vietinbank maintained at 22,918VND/USD (buying) and 23,168 VND/USD (selling)./.

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