Reference exchange rate up 3 VND at week’s beginning
The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollars at 23,085 VND/USD on January 17, up 3 VND from the last working day of previous week (January 14).
Illustrative image (Source: VNA)With the current trading band of +/-3, the ceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 23,777 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,392 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at commercial banks stayed stable.
At 8:25am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 22,540 VND/USD and the selling rate at 22,850 VND/USD, unchanged from January 14.
BIDV also kept both rates unchanged at 22,570 VND/USD (buying) and 22,850 VND/USD (selling).
During the week from January 10-14, the reference exchange rate fluctuated but ended the week up 43 VND from the beginning of the week./.
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