With the current trading band of +/- 5%, theceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 24,818 VND/USDand the floor rate 22,455 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at many commercial banksincreased.
At 8:30 am, BIDV listed the buying rate at24,205 VND/USD and the selling rate at 24,485 VND/USD, both up 30 VND from theend of October 17.
Meanwhile, Vietcombank kept both ratesunchanged at 24,130 VND/USD (buying) and the selling rate at 24,440 VND/USD(selling)./.