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Vietcombank sold the greenback 0.35% lower at VND26,341. On the black market the dollar went up 0.38% to VND26,520.
Globally the U.S. dollar clung to a more than two-month high on Thursday after a hawkish hold triggered rate-hike bets despite a U.S.-Iran deal, while the yen weakness drew fresh verbal warnings from Japanese officials, Reuters reported.
The euro last traded a shade stronger at $1.1518 and sterling strengthened to $1.3313 , after touching their two-month lows earlier.
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Four thousand U.S. dollars are counted out by a banker counting currency at a bank in Westminster, Colorado November 3, 2009. Photo by Reuters |
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies including the yen and the euro, was little changed at 100.24.
It surged 0.85% to the strongest level since March 31 in the previous session, its biggest single-day jump in over three months.
"The dollar is up making some sizable gains... this is going to take a little while to shrug off," NAB's senior markets strategist Gavin Friend said in a podcast. "It looks like we could be pushing into new territory here for the dollar.
