Reference exchange rate on Feb 23: 23,641 VND/USD, unchanged; Euro and Pound rising but Yen down. (Source: WVR)

Reference exchange rate on February 23:

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,641 VND/USD on February 23, unchanged from the previous day.

With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is 23,823 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,458 VND/USD.

The opening hour rates at commercial banks increased.

At 8:15am, BIDV listed the buying rate at 23,650 VND/USD, and the selling rate at 23,950 VND/USD, both up 20 VND from the end of February 22.

Vietcombank also raised both rates by 10 VND to 23,590 VND/USD (buying) and 23,960 VND/USD (selling).