The daily reference exchange rate is kept at 22,785 VND per USD on December 21 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – TheState Bank of Vietnam kept the daily reference exchange rate on January 5unchanged from the previous day at 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 also kept both rates unchanged from January 4 at 23,200VND/USD (buying) and 23,464 VND/USD (selling).
Meanwhile, the opening hourrates at commercial banks saw slight fluctuations.
Vietcombank cut 5 VND from bothrates, listing the buying rate at 23,155 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,245VND/USD.
The rates at BIDV also went downby 5 VND to 23,155 VND/USD (buying) and 23,245 VND/USD (selling).
At Techcombank, both rates wentup by 5 VND to 23,135 VND/USD (buying) and 23,245 VND/USD (selling).
In the first week of 2019 fromJanuary 2 to 5, the reference exchange rate for USD/VND followed the risingtrend, gaining a total 4 VND.
The rates at commercial banksfluctuated throughout the week but ended the week not changing much.-VNA
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