An employee counts U.S. banknotes at a bank in Hanoi. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy
The U.S. dollar rose against the Vietnamese dong on the black market Friday morning.
The greenback went up 0.3% to around VND27,012 at unofficial exchange points. Vietcombank kept its exchange rate steady at VND26,362.
The State Bank of Vietnam kept its reference rate steady at VND25,107.
Globally, the US Dollar Index, an index of the value of the greenback measured against a basket of six world currencies, currently trades near 100.00 during the early European trading hours on Friday, according to FXStreet.
The index holds positive ground amid fresh concerns over a prolonged conflict in the Middle East. All eyes will be on the US March jobs report, which will be released later in the day.
In the previous session, the dollar was up 0.5% against the Japanese yen at 159.57. It strengthened 0.6% to 0.799 against the Swiss franc. The euro fell 0.45% to $1.1536 while sterling slid 0.63% to $1.3222 , with both giving up some recent gains, as reported by Reuters.
