Reference exchange rate continues to goes down hinh anh 1The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,185 VND per USD on October 21, down 6 VND from the previous day (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,185 VND per USD on October 21, down 6 VND from the previous day.

With the current trading band of  +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is 23,880 VND/USD and the floor rate, 22,490 VND/USD.

The opening hour rates at most commercial banks stayed stable.

At 8:25 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,060 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,270 VND/USD, both unchanged from October 20.

 BIDV also kept both rates unchanged at 23,090 VND/USD (buying) and 23,270 VND/USD (selling).

 Techcombank added 5 VND to both rates, listing the buying rate at 23,075 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,275 VND/USD./.
VNA