Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the reference exchange rate at 23,115VND per USD in the morning of August 15, down 6 VND from the same time on theprevious day.
With thecurrent trading band of +/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercialbanks during the day is 23,808 VND per USD and the floor rate at 22,422VND/USD.
The opening hour rates at commercial banks stayed stable.
At 8:15 am,Vietcombank offered the buying rate at 23,150 VND/USD and the selling rate at23,270 VND/USD, unchanged from August 14.
Similarly, therates at BIDV were listed at 23,150 VND/USD (buying) and 23,270 VND/USD(selling), unchanged from the previous day.
Techcombank alsokept both rates unchanged from the previous day, listing the buying rate at 23,130VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,270 VND/USD (selling).-VNA