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Vietcombank sold the greenback at VND26,090, up 0.08% over the weekend. At unofficial exchange points, the currency dipped 0.04% to around VND26,160.
The State Bank of Vietnam lowered its reference rate by 0.03% to VND25,621.
Globally, the dollar held its ground near the strongest level in a year and a half on Monday as an escalating Middle East conflict kept investors wary ahead of key US inflation data later this week that will influence monetary policy, Reuters reported.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was slightly down at 102.16 but remained not far from the 18-month peak it scaled last week. Trading was confined to a tight range with Japanese markets shut for a holiday, thinning liquidity across the region.
Against the yen, the US dollar was down 0.06% at 158.245. The Australian dollar and its kiwi counterpart were both roughly flat at $0.69815 and $0.56080, respectively.
The euro was up nearly 0.1% at $1.121. The South Korean won hit a two-year high, up 0.5% at 1,334 against the dollar. The British pound inched 0.1% higher to $1.3245.
