With the current trading band of /-3 percent, theceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 23,816 VND/USDand the floor rate 22,429 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at commercial banks fluctuatedin different directions.
At 8:30 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at22,790 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,100 VND/USD, both down 5 VND fromApril 21.
Meanwhile, BIDV added 5 VND to both rates, listingthe buying rate at 22,825 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,105 VND/USD.
During the week from April 18-22, the daily reference exchange rate followed anupward trend and ended the week up 16 VND from the rate on Monday./.