Interest rate

Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,261 VND per USD on May 29, down 10 VND from the previous day. With the current trading band of  +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is 23,959 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,563 VND/USD. The opening hour rates at commercial banks all saw decreases. At 8:25 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,180 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,390 VND/USD, both down 20 VND from May 28. At BIDV, both rates were adjusted down 25 VND to 23,205 VND/USD (buying), and 23,385 VND/USD (selling).  Techcombank also adjusted both rates down 20 VND to 23,190 VND/USD (buying), and 23,390 VND/USD (selling). During the week from May 25 to 29, the daily reference exchange rate fluctuated variably and ended the week up 1 VND from Monday. The rates at commercial banks also fluctuated, mostly ending the week lower than at the week’s beginning./. … [Read more...] about Reference exchange rate down 10 VND on May 29

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The country's GDP growth is likely to be at 3.6% in January-March 2020 as economic activity came to a complete halt due to the countrywide lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus outbreak, says a report. The government will release the fourth quarter GDP data on Friday. "We expect GDP growth in Q4 to be 3.6 per cent with the headline number coming down to 4.7 per cent for the entire year," rating agency Care Ratings said in a report. The expected growth of 3.6 per cent will be an all-time low in the GDP new series, it said. In the first three quarters of FY2020, the growth was 5.1 per cent. Recently, SBI research report- Ecowrap, has predicted fourth quarter GDP growth at 1.2 per cent, with full year growth expected to be at 4.2 per cent. The report said the fourth quarter GDP growth numbers will be noteworthy as it includes one week of lockdown which has the potential to skew the growth numbers. Several companies tend to have some kind of bunching of activity towards … [Read more...] about GDP growth likely to be at 3.6 per cent in January-March quarter: Care Ratings

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