With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, theceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 23,845 VND/USDand the floor rate 22,456 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at commercial bankscontinued to drop.
At 8:31 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at22,700 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,010 VND/USD, both down 5 VND from theclosing-hour rates on March 24.
BIDV also reduced both rates by 5 VND to 22,730VND/USD (buying) and 23,010 VND/USD (selling).
During the week from March 21-25, the referenceexchange rate followed an upward trend on most days except for Tuesday. Itended the week up 5 VND./.