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Vietcombank sold the greenback at VND26,160, down 0.04% from Wednesday. The greenback was 0.35% higher at unofficial exchange points, trading at VND26,140.
Globally the dollar held near its strongest level in a year-and-a-half in subdued trading at the start of the Asian session on Thursday, after hawkish minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee signaled policymakers at the U.S. central bank viewed inflation as the biggest risk to their outlook, Reuters reported.
The dollar index, which measures its strength against a basket of six currencies, was steady at 102.23 after rising 0.3% on Wednesday. The greenback remains within a few pips of its strongest levels since April 9, 2025, following the market turmoil that accompanied the so-called Liberation Day tariff announcement the previous week.
Against the yen, the U.S. dollar was down 0.2% at 157.815 yen after data released on Thursday showed Japan's current account surplus stood at 4.062 trillion yen ($25.7 billion) in August, higher than economists' median forecast for a surplus of 3.19 trillion yen.
