Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the reference exchange rate at 23,116VND per USD in the morning of August 22, down 4 VND from the previous day.
With thecurrent trading band of +/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercialbanks during the day is 23,809 VND per USD and the floor rate at 22,422VND/USD.
The openinghour rates at commercial banks stayed stable.
At 8:15 am,Vietcombank offered the buying rate at 23,145 VND/USD and the selling rate at23,265 VND/USD, unchanged from the previous day.
The rates atBIDV were listed at 23,140 VND/USD (buying) and 23,260 VND/USD (selling), down1 VND from August 21.
Techcombank kept both rates unchanged from theprevious day, listing the buying rate at 23,131 VND/USD and the selling rate at23,271 VND/USD (selling).-VNA