The U.S. dollar rose against the Vietnamese dong and major currencies Thursday morning.
Vietcombank sold the greenback 0.01% higher at VND26,382.
On the black market the dollar gained 0.15% to VND26,400.
Globally the dollar got a lift from elevated U.S. Treasury yields on Thursday as investors wagered the Federal Reserve would hike rates this year, while an impasse between the U.S. and Iran over the war in the Middle East drove more safe-haven flows, Reuters reported.
Against a basket of currencies, the U.S. dollar was last at 98.46, up 0.63% for the week thus far. It fell 0.04% against the yen to 157.83, as traders remained on alert for any signs of intervention from Japanese authorities to prop up the ailing currency.
In other currencies, the Australian dollar flirted with a four-year peak and last bought $0.7255, underpinned by hawkish rate expectations at home.
