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Reference exchange rate rises by 4 VND

The State Bank of Vietnam set the reference VND/USD exchange rate at 21,162 VND per USD on January 4, up 4 VND from the day earlier.
Reference exchange rate rises by 4 VND ảnh 1Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA)– The State Bank of Vietnam set the reference VND/USD exchange rate at 21,162VND per USD on January 4, up 4 VND from the day earlier.

With the current +/- 3 percent VND/USD trading band, the ceiling exchange rateis 22,827 VND per USD and the floor rate is 21,497 VND per USD.

In the opening hour, Vietcombank and BIDV listed the buying rate at 22,690 VNDper USD, and the selling rate at 22,760 VND per USD, down 30 VND from the daybefore.

Eximbank bought oneUSD for 22,660 VND and sold one USD for 22,760 VND, down 40 VND.

In BIDV, the buying rate was listed 22,680 VND/USD while the selling rate was22,750 VND/USD, down 40 VND from the day ago.-VNA
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