Withthe current trading band of +/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applicable tocommercial banks during the day is 23,831 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,442VND/USD.
Theopening-hour rate at commercial banks dropped.
At 8:20 am, BIDV listed the buying rate at 22,610 VND/USD andthe selling rate at 22,890 VND/USD, both down 55 VND from the rates at the samehours on January 4.
Meanwhile, Vietcombank kept both rates unchanged from the previous day at 22,610VND/USD (buying) and 22,920 VND/USD (selling)./.