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Reference rate steady on April 3

With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 26,362 VND/USD, and the floor rate 23,852 VND/USD.

Reference rate steady on April 3 (Photo: VNA)
Reference rate steady on April 3 (Photo: VNA)


Hanoi (VNA) – The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 25,107 VND/USD on April 3, unchanged from the previous day.

With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 26,362 VND/USD, and the floor rate 23,852 VND/USD.

The buying and selling rates at major commercial banks also remained unchanged.

At 8:43am, both Vietcombank and BIDV listed the buying rate at 26,142 VND/USD and the selling rate at 26,362 VND/USD./.

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