With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, theceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 23,840 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,451 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at commercial bankscontinued to drop.
At 8:25 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at22,690 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,000 VND/USD, both unchanged fromMarch 18.
BIDV reduced both rates by 10 VND to 22,720VND/USD (buying) and 23,000 VND/USD (selling).
During the week from March 14-18, the referenceexchange rate followed an upward trend on the first three days but then turnedaround to drop on the last two days. It ended the week down 36 VND./.