Hanoi, (VNA) – The StateBank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,160 VND/USD onOctober 18, up 1 VND from the rate on the last working day of previous week(October 15).
With the current trading bandof +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the dayis 23,854 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,465 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at commercialbanks stayed stable.
At 8:25 am, Vietcombank listedthe buying rate at 22,630 VND/USD and the selling rate at 22,860 VND/USD,unchanged from October 15.
BIDV also kept both ratesunchanged at 22,660 VND/USD (buying) and22,860 VND/USD (selling).
Similarly, the rates at Vietinbankremained unchanged at 22,635 VND/USD (buying) and 22,855 VND/USD (selling)./.
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