The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,209 VND per USD on August 18, down 5 VND from the previous day.
With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is 23,905 VND/USD and the floor rate, 22,513 VND/USD.
The opening hour rates at commercial banks stayed stable.
At 8:15 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,060 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,270 VND/USD, both unchanged from the previous day.
Meanwhile, BIDV cut both rates by 5 VND to 23,085 VND/USD (buying) and 23,265 VND/USD (selling)./.
https://en.vietnamplus.vn/reference-exchange-rate-down-5-vnd-on-august-18/180451.vnp
