With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, theceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 23,821 VND/USDand the floor rate 22,434 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at commercial banks rose.
At 8:30 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at22,800 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,110 VND/USD, both up 15 VND fromApril 29.
BIDV added 5 VND to both rates, listing the buyingrate at 22,820 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,100 VND/USD (selling).
During the week from April 25-29, the dailyreference exchange rate generally followed an uptrend and ended the week up 12VND./.