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Reference exchange rate up 5 VND on May 29

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,064 VND per USD on May 29, up 5 VND from the previous day (May 28).
Reference exchange rate up 5 VND on May 29 ảnh 1A customer is conducting transaction at Vietcombank (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The StateBank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,064 VND per USD onMay 29, up 5 VND from the previous day (May 28).

With the current trading band of  +/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is23,755 VND per USD and the floor rate at 22,372 VND/USD.

The opening hour rates atcommercial banks mostly stayed unchanged from May 28.

At 8:15am, BIDV kept both rates unchangedat 23,335 VND/USD (buying) and 23,455 VND/USD (selling).

At Techcombank, both rates werealso at the same levels as on May 28 at 23,315 VND/USD (buying) and 23,455VND/USD (selling).

However, Vietcombank added 10VND to both rates, listing the buying rate at 23,340 VND/USD and the sellingrate at 23,460 VND/USD.-VNA
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