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)./.