Reference exchange rate on Aug 18: 23,946 VND/USD, down 5 VND
WVR/VNA -The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,946 VND/USD on August 18, down 5 VND from the previous day.
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| Reference exchange rate on Aug 18: 23,946 VND/USD, down 5 VND. (Source: WVR) |
With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 25,143 VND/USD and the floor rate 23,748 VND/USD.
At commercial banks, the opening-hour rates continued the upward trend.
At 8:30 am, BIDV listed the rates at 23,720 VND/USD (buying) and 24,020 VND/USD (selling), unchanged from the end of August 17.
Vietcombank also kept both rates unchanged at 23,670 VND/USD (buying) and 24,040 VND/USD (selling).
During the week from August 14 to 18, the daily reference exchange rate was adjusted up on three days – Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, after keeping unchanged on the first day of the week and then down on Friday. It ended the week 109 VND.
| No. | Currency | Currency name | Commercial bank rate Buying | Commercial bank rate Selling | *SBV rate Apply for import and export from Jul 3- Aug 9 |
| 1 | EUR | Euro | 25,297.00 | 26,712.74 | 26,152.14 |
| 2 | JPY | Japanese Yen | 159.42 | 168.77 | 166.50 |
| 3 | GBP | Pound | 29,657.74 | 30,921.50 | 30,415.51 |
| 4 | AUD | Dollar Australia | 14,921.90 | 15,557.74 | 15,616.45 |
| 5 | CAD | Dollar Canada | 17,184.43 | 17,916.68 | 17,764.44 |
| 6 | RUB | Russian Ruble | 244.24 | 270.40 | 287.77 |
| 7 | KRW | Korean Won | 15.45 | 18.83 | 18.32 |
| 8 | INR | Indian Rupee | 286.33 | 298.88 | 288.04 |
| 9 | HKD | Hong Kong Dollar | 2,972.02 | 3,098.66 | 3,049.59 |
| 10 | CNY | Chinese Yuan | 3.206.00 | 3,343.00 | 3,305.77 |
(Source: WVR)
