Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam setthe daily reference exchange rate at 23,180 VND per USD on November 9, down 5 VND from the last working day of the previous week (November 6).
With the current trading band of +/-3 percent,the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is 23,875 VND/USD and the floor rate,22,484 VND/USD.
The opening hour rates at most commercialbanks stayed stable.
At 8:25 am,Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,060 VND/USD and the selling rate at23,270 VND/USD, both unchanged from November 6.
BIDV also kept both rates unchanged at 23,090VND/USD (buying) and 23,270 VND/USD (selling).
Similarly, Techcombankalso maintained the rates from the last working day of the previous week,listing the buying rate at 23,068 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,268 VND/USD.
During the week from November 2 to 6, the daily reference exchange ratefollowed a downward trend for most of the week except for Thursday. It endedthe week 16 VND lower than at the week’s beginning.
The rates listed at most commercial banks fluctuated very little duringthe week./.