Reference exchange rate up 14 VND

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,684 VND/USD on May 24, up 14 VND from the previous day.
Reference exchange rate up 14 VND ảnh 1Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The State Bank of Vietnamset the daily reference exchange rate at 23,684 VND/USD on May 24, up 14 VNDfrom the previous day.

With the current trading band of +/- 5%, theceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 24,867 VND/USDand the floor rate 22,500 VND/USD.

The opening hour rates at commercial banks increased.

At 9:00 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rateat 23,270 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,640 VND/USD, both up 25 VND fromthe end of May 23.

Meanwhile, BIDV raised the buying rate by 40VND to 23,330 VND/USD and the selling rate by 35 VND to 23,630 VND/USD./.
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