The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,167 VND per USD on June 21 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,167 VND per USD on June 21, up 19 VND from the last working day of previous week (June 18).
With the current trading band of +/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial bank during the day is 23,862 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,572 VND/USD.
The rates listed at commercial banks all went up strongly.
At 8:40 am, the rates at Vietcombank stood at 22,870 VND/USD (buying) and 23,100 VND/USD (selling), both up 40 VND from June 18.
BIDV added 35 VND to both rates, listing the buying rate at 22,900 VND and the selling rate at 23,100 VND/USD.
During the week from June 14 to June 18, the daily reference exchange rate was adjusted down on Monday but then around to follow an upward trend until the end of the week. It ended the week up 49 VND compared to the rate on Monday./.
