Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,194 VND/USD on September 10, up 17 VND from the previous day.
With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 25,404 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,984 VND/USD.
At major commercial banks, the opening hour rates saw a sharp increase.
At 8:45 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 24,510 VND/USD and the selling rate at 24,850 VND/USD, both up 70 VND from September 9.
BIDV also raised both rates by 100 VND, posting the buying rate at 24,530 VND/USD and the selling rate at 24,870 VND/USD./.
Reference exchange rate going down at week’s beginning
The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,177 VND/USD on September 9, down 25 VND from the last working day of previous week (September 6).