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Vietcombank sold the greenback at VND26,470, down 0.08% from Thursday. On the black market, the currency dropped 0.1% to around VND26,331.
The State Bank of Vietnam hiked its reference rate by 0.07 of VND25,338.
Globally, the U.S. dollar index, which tracks the currency against six major peers, was a touch higher at 100.12 after the previous session's fall of 0.8%. It was heading for a weekly drop of 1.3% and a loss of 1% for the month, Reuters reported.
Japanese and South Korean authorities stepped in to buy their currencies in the open market late on Thursday in what sources described was a rare and an unprecedented coordinated market intervention, possibly alongside the United States.
The yen was last at 160.64 per U.S. dollar on Friday, 0.7% softer after strengthening to as much as 157.8 in the previous session.
Meanwhile, the won, which hit a 17-year low of 1,561.50 last month, was last nearly 1% weaker at 1,437.62 per U.S. dollar on Friday. It has gained nearly 8% this month on the back of firms repatriating dollars back into South Korea.
The euro stood at $1.1517, down 0.08% so far in Asia, after the previous session's six-week high. Sterling was flat at $1.3460.
