Hanoi (VNA) – The State Bank ofVietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,210 VND per USD on August 21, up 10 VND from the previous day.
With the currenttrading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banksduring the day is 23,906 VND/USD and the floor rate, 22,514 VND/USD.
The opening hour ratesat commercial banks stayed stable.
At 8:10 am, Vietcombank listed thebuying rate at 23,060 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,270 VND/USD, bothunchanged from August 20.
BIDV also kept bothrates unchanged, at 23,085 VND/USD (buying) and 23,265 VND/USD (selling).
During the week from August 17 to 21, the daily reference exchange rate wasadjusted up on Monday but then turned around to go down for most of the weekbefore being raised again on Friday. It ended the week 4 VND lower than theMonday rate.
The rates listed at commercial banks stayed stable throughout the weekand ended at either the same or lower than the rates at the week’s beginning./.