Reference exchange rate up 2 VND on January 6

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,123 VND per USD on January 6, up 2 VND from the previous day.
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Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank ofVietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,123 VND per USD on January 6, up 2 VND from theprevious day.

With the currenttrading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banksduring the day is 23,816 VND/USD and the floor rate, 22,429 VND/USD.

The opening hour ratesat some commercial banks saw a slight rise.

At 8:25 am,Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,980 VND/USD and the selling rate at23,190 VND/USD, both up 10 VND from January 5.

 BIDV also added 10 VND to both rates, listingthe buying rate at 23,010 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,190 VND/USD.

Similarly, the ratesat Vietinbank were adjusted up 6 VND to 22,948 VND/USD (buying) and 23,183 VND/USD (selling)./.
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