With the current trading band of +/-5%, the ceiling rateapplicable to commercial banks during the day is 24,837 VND/USD and the floorrate 22,472 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at commercial banks decreased.
At 8:30 am, BIDV listed the buying rate at 23,595 VND/USD andthe selling rate at 23,875 VND/USD, both down 40 VND from the end of December 12.
Meanwhile, Vietcombank kept both rates unchanged at 23,510VND/USD (buying) and 23,820 VND/USD (selling)./.