Vietcombank sold the greenback at VND25,745, up 0.02% from Thursday. The greenback was firm at VND25,770 on the black market.
The State Bank of Vietnam rised its reference rate increased by 0.12% to VND24,726.
Globally, the U.S. dollar hovered near multi-week highs against the currencies of the country’s top trading partners on Friday as concerns about an escalating global trade war soured market sentiment, Reuters reported.
The U.S. dollar index – which gauges the greenback against six major peers including the euro, yen and franc – edged down to 107.20, but started the session at the highest since February 19 at 107.34.
The euro was steady at $1.04 after earlier dipping to $1.0389 for the first time since Feb. 13.
The safe-haven yen and Swiss franc strengthened, with Japan’s currency getting an additional boost from lower U.S. Treasury yields.
The Swiss currency gained slightly to 0.8986 francs per dollar, bouncing off Thursday’s low of 0.9005 francs.
The yen climbed 0.3% to 149.34 per dollar, with 10-year Treasury yields – which the currency pair tends to follow – sinking as low as 4.2310% in Asian hours, a level last seen on Dec. 11.
