Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,260 VND/USD on October 24, up 10 VND from the previous day.
With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 25,473 VND/USD and the floor rate 23,047 VND/USD.
At major commercial banks, the opening hour rates saw increases.
At 8:31am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 25,233 VND/USD and the selling rate at 25,473 VND/USD, up 131 VND and 11 VND respectively from October 22.
BIDV also raised the rates by 8 VND and 11 VND respectively, posting the buying rate at 25,233 VND/USD and the selling rate at 25,473 VND/USD./.

Reference exchange rate continues upward trend
The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,228 VND/USD on October 21, up 15 VND from the last working day of the previous week.