Reference exchange rate for VND/USD rises by 9 VND
The reference exchange rate for Vietnamese dong against the US dollar was announced at 21,949 VND per USD for September 30 morning, up 9 VND from the previous day.
The reference exchange rate for VND against USD was announced at 21,949 VND per USD for September 30 morning (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The reference exchange rate for Vietnamese dong agai💜nst the US dollar was announced at 21,949 VND per USD for September 30 morning, up 9 VND from the previous day.
With the current +/- 3 percent VND/USD trading band, the ceiling exchange rate is 22,607 VND per USD and the floor rate is 21,290 VND per USD.
Slight changes were recorded in the USD price listed by commercial banks.
The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) posted buying and selling prices at 22,270 - 22,340 VND per US dollar the same morning, unchanged compared to the same time of the previous day.
Rates were listed at 22,265 – 22,335 VND/USD by the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), and at 22,255 – 22,335 VND per USD by the Vietnam Import-Export Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Eximbank).
Both buying/selling rates at BIDV and Eximbank declined by 5 VND from the morning of September 29.
Meanwhile, the Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) revised the buying rate down by 5 VND and maintained the same selling rate as the previous day. It listed the exchange rate at 22,255 – 22,350 VND (buying/selling) per USD.-VNA
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The reference exchange rate for VND against USD was announced at 21,949 VND per USD for September 30 morning (Photo: VNA)
