Reference exchange rate stable

The State Bank of Vietnam kept the daily reference exchange rate on January 7 unchanged from the last working day of previous week (January 5) at 22,829 VND/USD.
Reference exchange rate stable ảnh 1Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – TheState Bank of Vietnam kept the daily reference exchange rate on January 7unchanged from the last working day of previous week (January 5) at 22,829VND/USD.

With the current trading band of/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied by commercial banks for the day is23,513 VND/USD and the floor rate is 22,145 VND/USD.

The transaction office of theState Bank of Vietnam also kept both rates unchanged from January 5 at 23,200VND/USD (buying) and 23,464 VND/USD (selling).

The opening hour rates atcommercial banks also stayed stable.

Vietcombank kept both ratesunchanged from January 5, listing the buying rate at 23,155 VND/USD and theselling rate at 23,245 VND/USD.

 The rates at BIDV also stayed at the samelevels as on January 5, at 23,155 VND/USD (buying) and 23,245 VND/USD(selling).

At Techcombank, both rates remainedat 23,135 VND/USD (buying) and 23,245 VND/USD (selling), the same as on January5.

 In the first week of 2019 from January 2 to 5,the reference exchange rate for USD/VND followed the rising trend, gaining atotal 4 VND.

 The rates at commercial banks fluctuatedthroughout the week but ended the week not changing much. -VNA
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