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Vietnam central bank keeps Dollar exchange at VND21,036, commercial banks rate up
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 | |
| Vietcombank | 21,120 | +10 | 21,170 | +10 |
| ACB | 21,090 | 0 | 21,170 | 0 |
| Eximbank | 21,100 | +10 | 21,180 | +10 |
| BIDV | 21,120 | 0 | 21,170 | +10 |
| Vietinbank | 21,120 | +5 | 21,170 | +5 |
