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Reference exchange rate down after Tet holiday

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,122 VND per USD on February 17, the first working day after the week-long Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, down 15 VND from before Tet.
Reference exchange rate down after Tet holiday ảnh 1The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,122 VND per USD on February 17 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily referenceexchange rate at 23,122 VND per USD on February 17, the first working day afterthe week-long Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, down 15 VND from before Tet.

With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate appliedto commercial banks on the day is 23,816 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,428 VND/USD.

The rates listed at commercial banks stayed stable.

At 8:25 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 22,880 VND/USD, andthe selling rate 23,090 VND/USD, unchanged from last working day before Tet(February 9)

BIDV also kept both rates at the same levels as on February 9 at 22,900VND/USD (buying) and 23,100 VND/USD (selling).

Similarly, the rates at Vietinbank were maintained unchanged at 22,840 VND/USD (buying)and 23,087 VND/USD (selling)./.

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