The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,212 VND per USD on August 24 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The State Bank of Vietnam set the dailyreference exchange rate at 23,212 VND per USD on August 24, up 2 VND from the last working day of previous week (August 21).
With the currenttrading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banksduring the day is 23,908 VND/USD and the floor rate, 22,516 VND/USD.
The opening hour rates at commercial banksstayed stable.
At 8:10 am,Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,060 VND/USD and the selling rate at23,270 VND/USD, both unchanged from August 21.
BIDV also kept both rates unchanged, at 23,085VND/USD (buying) and 23,265 VND/USD (selling).
During the week fromAugust 17 to 21, the daily reference exchange rate was adjusted up on Mondaybut then turned around to go down for most of the week before being raisedagain on Friday. It ended the week 4 VND lower than the Monday rate.
The rates listed at commercial banks stayedstable throughout the week and ended at either the same or lower than the ratesat the week’s beginning./.
VNA
