HANOI: Vietnam’s central bank said Thursday it will devalue the dong currency for the second time this year in a bid to boost exports and drive the economy forward.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will devalue the reference rate by one percent to 21,673 Vietnamese dong per dollar to “cope with adverse impacts of international markets”, it said in a statement.

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