Hanoi (VNA) - The dailyreference exchange rate for December 19 was adjusted down 2 VND to 22,785VND per USD.
With the current trading band of +/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks for the day is23,467 VND/USD and the floor rate is 22,103 VND/USD.
On the contrary, the transactionoffice of the State Bank of Vietnam raised the buying rate by 5 VND fromDecember 18 to 22,700 VND/USD and kept the selling rate unchanged at 23,421VND/USD.
The opening hour rates listed atcommercial banks were rather stable compared to December 18.
Vietcombank kept both rates unchangedat 23,270 VND/USD (buying) and 23,360 VND/USD (selling).
Both rates at Techcombank also remained thesame as on December 18 at 23,250 VND/USD (buying) and 23,360 VND/USD (selling).
Meanwhile, the rates listed by BIDV rose by 5VND to 23,275 VND/USD (buying) and 23,365 VND/USD (selling).-VNA