Reference exchange rate up 7 VND
The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,131 VND/USD on October 27, up 2 VND from the previous day.
Illustrative image (Source: Bloomberg)With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 23,824 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,438 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at commercial banks stayed stable.
At 8:30 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 22,625 VND/USD and the selling rate at 22,855 VND/USD, unchanged from October 26.
Similarly, BIDV also kept both rates unchanged at 22,655 VND/USD (buying) and 22,855 VND/USD (selling)./.
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