The State Bank of Vietnam continued to raise the daily reference exchange rate on December 17, the first day of the week, to 22,783 VND/USD, 5 VND higher than the rate on the last day of previous week (December 14).
With the current trading band of +/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks for the day is 23,465 VND/USD and the floor rate is 22,101 VND/USD.
The transaction office of the State Bank of Vietnam kept the buying rate unchanged from December 14 at 22,700 VND/USD but added 5 VND to the selling rate to 23,411 VND/USD.
The opening hour rates listed at commercial banks went up compared to December 14.
Vietcombank increased both rates by 20 VND, listing the buying rate at 23,255 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,345 VND.
Both rates at Techcombank went up by 15 VND to 23,235 VND/USD (buying) and 23,345 VND/USD (selling).
Meanwhile, the rates listed by BIDV stayed unchanged at 23,240 VND/USD (buying) and 23,330 VND/USD (selling).
Last week (December 10-14), the reference exchange rate followed a rising trend except for Thursday. The rate gained a total 12 VND during the week.
On the contrary, the rates listed at commercial banks have decreased throughout the week. -VNA
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