In today's trading session (January 23), the State Bank announced the central exchange rate between the Vietnamese Dong and the USD at 24,328 VND/USD, down 4 VND compared to yesterday's listed rate.

With a margin of 5%, commercial banks are allowed to trade today at a ceiling rate of VND25,544/USD and a floor rate of VND23,112/USD.

The reference USD exchange rate at the State Bank of Vietnam is still listed around 23,400-25,450 VND/USD (buy - sell).

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USD bank prices drop sharply. Photo: Nam Khanh

At commercial banks, USD prices have been adjusted down sharply in both buying and selling directions.

Specifically, at the beginning of this morning's trading session, Vietcombank set the USD cash buying price at 24,810 VND/USD and the selling price at 25,200 VND/USD, down 250 VND in both buying and selling compared to the beginning of yesterday morning's trading session (January 22).

Similarly, USD prices at other banks also fell sharply.

Compared to yesterday morning, the USD price at BIDV early this morning was 215 VND cheaper in both buying and selling directions, bringing the buying and selling prices to 24,850-25,210 VND/USD.

This morning, VietinBank also set the USD buying and selling prices at 24,848-25,208 VND/USD, down 213 VND in both directions compared to yesterday morning.

USD prices in private banks were also adjusted down rapidly.

Compared to yesterday morning, Techcombank decreased 215 VND in buying price and 195 VND in selling price, listing the USD cash buying price at 24,837 VND/USD, the selling price is 25,255 VND/USD.

Sacombank also lowered the USD price to 24,810-25,230 VND/USD (buy - sell), 240 VND cheaper for buying and 270 VND lower for selling.

The USD price at banks has been on a downward trend since the beginning of the week. Since the beginning of the week, the greenback price at Vietcombank has decreased by 310 VND in both directions.

USD exchange rate Buy (VND/USD) Sell ​​(VND/USD)
Vietcombank 24,810 25,200
BIDV 24,850 25,210
VietinBank 24,848 25,208
Techcombank 24,837 25,255
Sacombank 24,810 25,230

USD exchange rate at some commercial banks on the morning of January 23.

In the same trend, the USD price in the free market was also adjusted downward. This morning, the free USD price was bought and sold in the range of 25,490-25,600 VND/USD, down 40 VND in buying and down 30 VND in selling compared to the previous session.

Currently, the USD buying price at banks is about 700 VND lower, while the USD selling price is nearly 400 VND lower than the free market.

In the world market, the USD price today is quite stable after falling sharply in yesterday's trading session, down to the lowest level in 2 weeks.

The US Dollar Index (a measure of the greenback's strength against other major currencies) at 10:02 a.m. on January 23 (Vietnam time) was at 108.31 points, up 0.18% from the previous session.

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