The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 23,119 VND/USD on January 19, up 22 VND from the previous day.
With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 23,812 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,425 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at many commercial banks stayed unchanged.
At 8:20 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 22,560 VND/USD and the selling rate at 22,870 VND/USD, the same as the rates at the end of January 18.
BIDV also kept both rates unchanged at 22,600 VND/USD (buying) and 22,880 VND/USD (selling)
Source: Vietnam News Agency