Fri, 28 Jun 2013 07:29:12 GMT
Vietnam devalues the Dong
Vietnamese central bank devalued the currency and decreased interest rate cap on deposits in dollars in order to increase country's foreign currency holdings and improve the situation of balance of payments. The move came after Vietnam announced that imports were higher than exports by $1.4 billion. The State Bank of Vietnam decreased its reference rate 1% to 21,036 per Dollar.