Dollar slips against dong

Vietcombank sold the greenback 0.008% lower at VND26,378. On the black market the dollar gained 0.11% to VND26,950.

Globally the U.S. dollar steadied near a two-week high as trading commenced in Asia on Tuesday, as market jitters from U.S. military action in Venezuela eased and dovish comments from Fed officials spurred risk-taking on Wall Street, Reuters reported.

The dollar index, which measures its strength against a basket of six currencies, was last trading at 98.36, nudging up 0.04% after snapping a four-day winning streak on Monday.

"The market isn't really concerned about what's happening in the geopolitical front, at least in the near term," said Rodrigo Catril, currency strategist at National Australia Bank in Sydney.

That environment "lessens the appeal for safe havens and we've seen the U.S. dollar on the backfoot," he added.