The daily reference exchange rate was set at 23,122 VND per USD on August 19 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The daily referenceexchange rate was set at 23,122 VND per USD on August 19, up 2 VND from thelast working day of previous week (August 16).
With the current trading band of +/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is23,815 VND per USD and the floor rate at 22,428 VND/USD.
The opening hour rates atcommercial banks stayed stable.
At 8:15 am, Vietcombank listedthe buying rate at 23,150 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,270 VND/USD,unchanged from August 16.
Similarly, the rates at BIDV were keptunchanged at 23,150 VND/USD (buying) and 23,270 VND/USD (selling).
Meanwhile, Techcombank added 5 VND to bothrates, listing the buying rate at 23,143 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,283VND/USD.
The daily reference exchange rate for USD/VNDfluctuated during the week from August 12 to 16, and ended the week 20 VNDhigher than the rate on Monday.
The rates at commercial banks also ended theweek higher than on the week’s first day.-VNA
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The daily reference exchange rate was set at 23,122 VND per USD on August 19 (Photo: VNA) 
