Hanoi (VNA) - Thedaily reference exchange rate was set at 22,996 VND/USD on April 12, up 5 VNDfrom the previous day.
With the current trading band of +/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is23,686 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,306 VND/USD.
The opening hour rates atcommercial banks stayed stable.
As of 8:15 am, both Vietcombankand BIDV listed the buying rate at 23,150 VND/USD and the selling rate at23,250 VND/USD, the same as on April 11.
Techcombank maintained the samerates as on several past days, at 23,130 VND per USD (buying) and 23,250VND/USD (selling).
During the week from April 8 to12, the daily reference exchange rate opened the week unchanged, but it wasadjusted down on the next two days before turning around to go up on the lasttwo days. At the end of the week, the rate was up 8 VND compared to Monday.
The rates listed at commercialbanks mostly stayed stable during the week, and ended the week at the same level as at the week's beginning. -VNA