Vietnam central bank keeps Dollar exchange at VND21,036, commercial banks rate up

02:06 PM @ Tuesday - 27 May, 2014

Vietnam’s Central bank set the U.S. dollar’s exchange rate at VND21,036 on Monday, unchanged for nearly 11 months.

Commercial banks are allowed to apply effective exchange rate +-1% from the official exchange rate set by the central bank, accordingly, the ceiling price for a dollar today was VND21,246.

Today, majority of commercial banks raised dollar prices by VND5-10/dollar for bid and ask versus last Friday, offering at VND21,090-21,120/dollar for bid and VND21,170-21,180/dollar for ask, respectively.

BIDV kept dollar prices unchanged versus last Friday, offering at VND21,120/dollar for bid and VND21,180/dollar for ask.

Dollar Price Quote for May 26, 2014


Bid

Change

Ask

Change

Vietcombank21,120+1021,170+10
ACB21,090021,1700
Eximbank21,100+1021,180+10
BIDV21,120021,170+10
Vietinbank21,120+521,170+5