Reference exchange rate up 6 VND at week’s beginning

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,127 VND per USD on January 11, up 6 VND from the last working day of previous week (January 8).
Reference exchange rate up 6 VND at week’s beginning ảnh 1The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,127 VND per USD on January 11 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) -
The State Bank of Vietnam set the dailyreference exchange rate at 23,127 VND per USD on January 11, up 6 VND from the last working day of previous week (January 8).

With the currenttrading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banksduring the day is 23,820 VND/USD and the floor rate, 22,433 VND/USD.

The opening hour ratesat some commercial banks either stayedunchanged or saw only slight adjustments.

At 8:25 am,Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,950 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,160 VND/USD, both up 10 VND from January 8.

Meanwhile, BIDV kept both rates unchanged, listing thebuying rate at 22,980 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,160 VND/USD.

Similarly, the ratesat Vietinbank remain unchanged from January 8 at 22,923 VND/USD (buying) and 23,158 VND/USD (selling).

During the week from January 4-8, the daily reference exchange rate fluctuated variably, but ending the week 10 VND lower than at the week’sbeginning./.
VNA

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