With the current trading band of +/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate appliedto commercial banks during the day is 23,113 VND and the floor rate 21,767 VNDper USD.
The opening hour rates at commercial banks showed a declining trendcompared to August 8.
Vietcombank cut its buying rate by 25 VND to 22,690 VND and the sellingrate by 35 VND to 22,760 VND per USD.
BIDV is buying the greenback at 22,695 VND and selling at 22,765 VND,both down 5 VND from the previous day.
Techcombank listed its buying rate at 22,680 VND, the same as on August8, and reduced the selling rate by 10 VND to 22,770 VND per USD.-VNA