With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, theceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 23,900 VND/USDand the floor rate 22,510 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at many commercial banks eitherstayed stable or dropped slightly.
At 8:30 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at23,235 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,545 VND/USD, both unchanged from theend of August 18.
BIDV reduced both rates by 5 VND to 23,260 VND/USD(buying) and 23,540 VND/USD (selling).
During the week from August 15-19, the dailyreference exchange rate for the US dollar generally followed an upward trend.It ended the week up 45 VND./.