After a long period of stability, pressure from global markets has caused the Vietnamese dong to depreciate significantly against the US dollar in the past few days.
The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 22,487 VND/USD on the first day of the week (April 16), down 5 VND from the last day of previous week (April 13).
The VND/USD exchange rates saw little changes this morning although the US Federal Reserve (Fed) raised interest rates on Wednesday on the confidence in a growing economy and strengthening job market in the world’s biggest economy.
Experts have urged the central bank to apply the crawling peg - an
exchange rate regime that allows depreciation or appreciation to happen
gradually - to help firms develop appropriate business plans.
Gold prices rose marginally in the international markets and slipped
slightly in Viet Nam on July 21, even as the US dollar prices rose in
all local commercial banks.