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Saigon Jewelry Company gold bar price dropped 0.33% to VND151.5 million (US$5,751.17) per tael. Lender ACB, meanwhile, kept its rates unchanged at VND152 million per tael.
Local bullion prices are nearly VND21 million per tael higher than global rates.
Gold ring price similarly fell to VND149.3 million per tael. A tael equals 37.5 grams or 1.2 ounces.
Globally, gold prices slipped on Wednesday, pulled down by a rebound in the dollar and profit-booking after bullion rose to a near three-week high in the previous session on expectations of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve next month, Reuters reported.
Spot gold was down 0.5% at $4,107.41 per ounce after hitting its highest since Oct. 23 on Tuesday. U.S. gold futures for December delivery edged 0.1% lower to $4,113.80 per ounce.
The U.S. Senate passed a deal on Monday to restore federal funding after a record-long shutdown that has disrupted food benefits for millions, left hundreds of thousands of federal workers unpaid, snarled air traffic, and delayed the release of government economic data.
Non-yielding gold tends to do well in a low-interest-rate environment and during economic uncertainties.
A stronger U.S. dollar also makes gold less attractive for other currency holders.
SPDR Gold Trust, the world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, said its holdings rose 0.41% to 1,046.36 metric tons on Tuesday from 1,042.06 tons on Monday.
