Hanoi (VNA) – TheState Bank of Vietnam raised the daily reference exchange rate on January 4 by 1VND to 22,829 VND/USD.
With the current trading band of +/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied by commercial banks for the day is23,513 VND/USD and the floor rate is 22,145 VND/USD.
The transaction office of theState Bank of Vietnam kept both rates unchanged from the previous day at 23,200VND/USD (buying) and 23,463 VND/USD (selling).
Meanwhile, the opening hourrates at commercial banks returned to the falling trend after rising on January3.
Vietcombank maintained bothrates at the same levels as on January 3, listing the buying rate at 23,160VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,250 VND/USD.
The rates at BIDV went down by 5VND to 23,160 VND/USD (buying) and 23,250 VND/USD (selling).
At Techcombank, the buying rate droppedby 15 VND to 23,130 VND/USD and the selling rate reduced by 5 VND to 23,240VND/USD.-VNA