With thecurrent trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applicable to commercialbanks during the day is 23,809 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,423 VND/USD.
Theopening-hour rates at commercial banks rose.
At 8:15am,Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 22,550 VND/USD and the selling rate at22,860 VND/USD, both up 40 VND from February 14.
BIDV raised bothrates by 40 VND to 22,590 VND/USD (the buying rate) and to 22,870 VND/USD (theselling rate)./.