USD prices at commercial banks on the morning of September 6 have decreased slightly compared to yesterday. Recorded at 10:57, Vietcombank sold USD at VND 26,135, BIDV listed VND 26,155, and ACB sold VND 26,130. The common purchase price is around 25,775 - 25,795 VND.
Compared to session 5.5, the difference between buying and selling prices today has narrowed to 340 - 360 VND/USD. This development shows that exchange rate pressure has somewhat eased after three consecutive weeks of increase.
The central exchange rate announced by the State Bank remains at 24,944 VND/USD, down 12 VND compared to the end of April.
According to the reporter's records, although the official exchange rate has decreased, the free market has not cooled down: USD is bought at VND26,430 and sold at VND26,530 - about VND400 higher than the banking system.
The mixed developments between the two markets clearly reflect the psychology of holding USD still among the people, especially when import turnover in the first quarter of 2025 reached nearly 100 billion USD - an increase of 17% over the same period. A large amount of USD is withdrawn to serve international payments, causing demand for foreign currency to not decrease immediately.
Financial institutions such as UOB, KBSV, Standard Chartered all forecast that the USD/VND exchange rate could fluctuate around 26,000 - 26,200 VND in the second quarter, and did not rule out the possibility that the USD will increase slightly if global interest rates are high and imports continue to increase.
With today's market, the positive signal is that the domestic exchange rate level has stabilized. However, the difference with the black market is still large, and that is a point that both investors and regulators need to closely monitor.
