The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,157 VND/USD on January 17.(Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,157 VND/USD on January 17, up 1 VND from the previous day.
With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is 23,851 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,462 VND/USD.
The opening hour rates at most commercial banks stayed stable.
At 8:15 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,095 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,245 VND/USD, unchanged from the same time on January 16.
At BIDV, both rates also remained the same as at the same time on January 16, with the buying rate listed at 23,125 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,245 VND/USD.
Techcombank cut 9 VND from both rates, listing the buying rate at 23,086 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,226 VND/USD.
During the week from January 13 to 17, the daily reference exchange rate was adjusted up on Wednesday and Friday and down on the remaining days. Overall, the rate ended the week lower than at the week’s beginning by 5 VND.
The rates at commercial banks ended the week higher, with the rates listed at Vietcombank up 15 VND compared to Monday./.
VNA
