With the currenttrading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banksduring the day is 23,889 VND/USD and the floor rate, 22,467 VND/USD.
The opening hour rates at most commercialbanks stayed stable.
At 8:20 am, Vietcombank listed thebuying rate at 23,070 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,280 VND/USD, bothunchanged from October 9.
BIDV cut both rates by 10 VND to 23,090 VND/USD (buying) and 23,270 VND/USD (selling).
During the week from October 5 to October 9, the daily reference exchange rate followed a downward trend, ending the week down 14 VND from Monday.
The rates listed by commercial banks fluctuated during the week but ended almost unchanged./