With the current trading band of +/- 3 percent,the floor rate applicable to commercial banks is 23,823 VND/USD and the ceilingrate 22,436 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at commercial banks sawfluctuations.
At 8:35 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rateat 22,630 VND/USD and the selling rate at 22,940 VND/USD, both up 10 VND fromFebruary 21.
Meanwhile, BIDV cut both rates by 20 VND, listingthe buying rate at 22,660 VND/USD and the selling rate at 22,940 VND/USD./.