The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,132 VND per USD on September 9, down 6 VND from the last working day of previous week (September 6).
With the current trading band of +/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is 23,826 VND per USD and the floor rate at 22,437 VND/USD.
The opening hour rates at commercial banks are unchanged from September 6.
At 8:15 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,140 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,270 VND/USD, the same as on September 6.
Meanwhile, BIDV kept both rates unchanged at 23,140 VND/USD (buying) and 23,260 VND/USD (selling).
Similarly, Techcombank listed the buying rate at 23,124 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,264 VND/USD, unchanged from September 6.
During the week from September 3 to 6 (September 2 was a national holiday), the daily reference exchange rate was on the upward trend on the first two days before turning around to go down on the last two days.
The rates listed at commercial banks mostly ended the week higher than at the week’s beginning.-VNA
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