With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, theceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 23,821 VND/USDand the floor rate 22,421 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at commercial banks allrose.
At 8:30 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at22,800 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,110 VND/USD, up 10 VND from April 22.
Meanwhile, BIDV added 5 VND to both rates, listingthe buying rate at 22,830 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,110 VND/USD.
During the week from April 18-22, the dailyreference exchange rate followed an upward trend and ended the week up 16 VNDfrom the rate on Monday./.