The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,030 VND per USD on May 6, unchanged from the last working day of previous week (May 3).
With the current trading band of +/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied by commercial banks for the day is 23,721 VND/USD and the floor rate is 22,339 VND/USD.
The opening hour rates at commercial banks also stayed stable.
At 8:15 am, BIDV listed the buying rate at 23,210 VND per USD and the selling rate at 23,310 VND per USD, the same as on May 3.
Techcombank also kept both rates unchanged from May 3 at 23,190 VND/USD (buying) and 23,310 VND/USD (selling).
Vietcombank cut 10 VND from both rates to 23,200 VND/USD (buying) and 23,300 VND/USD (selling).
Last week, following the five-day holidays from April 28 to May 1, the State bank raised the daily reference exchange rate on May 2 by 5 VND but adjusted the rate down 3 VND on May 3.
The opening hour rates at banks also followed the trend, going up on May 2 and down on the next day.-VNA
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