Reference exchange rate up 9 VND at week’s beginning

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Hanoi (VNA) – The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,140 VND/USD, up 9 VND from the last working day of previous week (October 29).

With the current trading band of  +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is  23,834 VND/USD and the ceiling rate 22,445 VND/USD.

The opening-hour rates at commercial banks stayed stable.

At 8:25 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 22,620 VND/USD and the selling rate at 22,850 VND/USD, unchanged from October 29.

BIDV also kept both rates unchanged from October 29 at 22,650 VND/USD (buying) and 22,850 VND/USD (selling).

During the week from October 25-29, the daily reference exchange rate fluctuated variably and ended the week down 5 VND from that on Monday./.

VNA