With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rateapplicable to commercial banks during the day is 24,866 VND/USD and the floorrate 22,497 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at many commercial banks decreased.
At 8:35 am, BIDV listed the buying rate at 24,335 VND/USD andthe selling rate at 24,615 VND/USD, both down 20 VND from the end of October 18.
Meanwhile, Vietcombank kept both rates unchanged at 24,320VND/USD (buying) and the selling rate at 24,630 VND/USD (selling)./.