Reference exchange rate up 11 VND on August 23 hinh anh 1The daily reference exchange rate was set at 23,127 VND per USD on August 23, up 11 VND from the previous day (August 22) (Photo: VNA)
 
Hanoi (VNA) - The daily reference exchange rate was set at 23,127 VND per USD on August 23, up 11 VND from the previous day (August 22).

With the current trading band of +/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is 23,820 VND per USD and the floor rate at 22,443 VND/USD.

The opening hour rates at commercial banks saw slight fluctuations.

At 8:15 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,145 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,265 VND/USD, unchanged from August 22.

Meanwhile, BIDV added 5 VND to both rates, listing the buying rate at 23,145 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,265 VND/USD.

On the contrary, Techcombank cut both rates by 2 VND, listing the buying rate at 23,129 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,269 VND/USD.

During the week from August 19 to 23, the daily reference exchange rate for USD/VND was up on Monday but turned around to drop for the next three days before going up again on the last day of the week. It ended the week 5 VND higher than the rate on Monday.

The rates at commercial banks ended the week mostly lower than on the week’s first day.-VNA
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