Dollar falls against dong

By Minh Hieu October 2, 2025 | 09:14 pm PT

An employee counts U.S. banknotes at a bank in Hanoi, Nov. 14, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Tung

The U.S. dollar weakened against the Vietnamese dong Friday morning as it rallied against major peers despite a U.S. government shutdown.

Vietcombank sold the greenback at VND26,420, a 0.06% drop from Thursday. On the black market, the currency jumped 0.28% to around VND26,690.

The State Bank of Vietnam lowered its reference rate by 0.06% to VND25,162.

Globally, the dollar rebounded overnight despite a closure of the U.S. government that has halted the publication of key economic data, including the closely watched monthly jobs report for September that was due to be released on Friday, Reuters reported.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of key currencies, tacked on 0.1% to 97.895. The euro was little changed at $1.1721.

The yen slid 0.2% to 147.52 per dollar, still on track for a 1.3% advance this week that would be the biggest since mid-May.

The Canadian dollar weakened to a four-month low against its U.S. counterpart on Thursday as the price of oil fell more than 2% and investors worried about negotiations to renew a U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.

The Canadian currency traded little changed at 1.3962 per U.S. dollar after touching 1.3986 on Thursday, its weakest intraday level since May 16.