Reference exchange rate up 3 VND at week’s beginning
The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 23,098 VND/USD on April 4, up 3 VND from the last working day of previous week (April 1).
Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 23,790 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,405 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at commercial banks stayed stable.
At 8:25 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 22,670 VND/USD and the selling rate at 22,980 VND/USD, unchanged from the closing-hour rates on April 1.
BIDV also kept both rates unchanged at 22,695 VND/USD (buying) and 22,975 VND/USD (selling).
During the week from March 28 to April 1, the daily reference exchange rate fluctuated variably but ended the week down 51 VND from the beginning of the week. /.
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