With the current trading band of+/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is23,075 VND and the floor rate 21,739 VND per USD.
The opening hour rates at majorcommercial banks remained stable.
Vietcombank, Vietinbank and BIDVall listed the buying rate at 22,675 VND/USD and the selling rate at 22,745VND/USD, unchanged from January 11.
On the first day of the week(January 8), the reference exchange rate was set at 22,401 VND/USD. During theweek, the State Bank adjusted the reference exchange rate down three times, onMonday, Thursday and Friday, and up twice, on Tuesday and Wednesday.-VNA