Reference exchange rate up 5 VND on December 19 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) set the dailyreference exchange rate at 23,163 VND/USD on December 19, up 5 VND from theprevious day.
With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied tocommercial banks during the day is 23,857 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,468VND/USD.
The opening hour rates at most commercial banks remained stable.
At 8:15 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,080 VND/USD and theselling rate at 23,230 VND/USD, unchanged from the previous day.
Meanwhile, BIDV cut both rates by 5 VND, listing the buying rate at 23,110VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,230 VND/USD.
Techcombank also reduced both rates by 1 VND, offering the buying rate at 23,092 VND/USD and the selling rate at23,232 VND/USD./.
The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,155 VND/USD on December 16, down 5 VND from the last working day of previous week (December 13).
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With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 26,509 VND/USD and the floor rate 23,985 VND/USD.
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Reference exchange rate up 5 VND on December 19 (Photo: VNA) 
