With thecurrent trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applicable to commercialbanks during the day is 23,840 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,450 VND/USD.
Theopening-hour rates at commercial banks went down.
At 8:30 am,Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 22,660 VND/USD and the selling rate at22,970 VND/USD, both down 10 VND from December 29.
BIDV also cut bothrates by 10 VND, listing the buying rate at 22,680 VND/USD and the selling rateat 22,060 VND/USD./.