Vietnam Business & Weather Briefing (Oct 13): Reference exchange rate up VND 17
Business Briefing Reference exchange rate: VND 23,497/USD Petrol price: Vietnam to cut short petroleum price adjustment cycle Finance news: An additional USD 3.5 billion is to be put into the economy Aviation news: Vietjet opens Vietnam – Kazakhstan direct air route Weather Forecast Hanoi will be cloudy, with no rain at night. It will be cold at night and early in the morning. Business Briefing Reference exchange rate The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at VND 23,497/USD on October 13, up VND 17 from the previous day. With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is VND 24,200/USD and the floor rate VND 22,794/USD. The opening-hour rates at many commercial banks continued going up. Vietcombank listed the buying rate at VND 23,770/USD and the selling rate at VND 24,080/USD, both up VND 10 from the end of October 12. Meanwhile, BIDV also added VND 15 to both