Heineken to shift production from Singapore to Vietnam and Malaysia
Dutch brewer Heineken will shift its brewing production from Singapore to Vietnam and Malaysia as part of its strategy to build a more agile regional supply approach.
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| Reference exchange rate down 5 VND on August 18 |
At commercial banks, the opening-hour rates continued the upward trend.
At 8:30 am, BIDV listed the rates at 23,720 VND/USD (buying) and 24,020 VND/USD (selling), unchanged from the end of August 17.
Vietcombank also kept both rates unchanged at 23,670 VND/USD (buying) and 24,040 VND/USD (selling).
During the week from August 14 to 18, the daily reference exchange rate was adjusted up on three days – Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, after keeping unchanged on the first day of the week and then down on Friday. It ended the week 109 VND./.