An employee counts American notes at a bank in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Tung
The U.S. dollar appreciated against the Vietnamese dong at unofficial exchanges, but fell at banks Monday morning.
It rose 0.59% to 25,700 VND on the black market.
Meanwhile, Vietcombank sold the dollar at 24,810 VND, down 0.12 percent from the previous day.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) maintained its benchmark rate at VND23,972.
The greenback has appreciated by 1.6% against the dong since the start of the year.
Globally, the yen strengthened against the dollar on Monday as signs that the Bank of Japan would abandon negative interest rates at its policy meeting next week contrasted with expectations for a rate cut by the Federal Reserve in June, according to Reuters.
The greenback fell 0.17% to 146.82 yen, returning to the five-week low of 146.48 reached on Friday.
The dollar index remained stable at 102.68, not far from Friday’s low of 102.33, a level not seen since January 15.
The euro was little changed at $1.0944 after jumping to $1.0980 on Friday for the first time since January 12.
