With the current trading band of +/-5 percent, theceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 24,872 VND/USDand the floor rate 22,503 VND/USD.
On the contrary, the opening-hour rates at manycommercial banks showed a declining trend.
At 8:30 am, BIDV listed the buying rate at 24,405VND/USD and the selling rate at 24,685 VND/USD, both down 5 VND from the end ofOctober 20.
Vietcombank kept both rates unchanged at 24,360VND/USD (buying) and the selling rate at 24,670 VND/USD (selling).
During the week from October 17-21, the dailyreference exchange rate followed an upward trend, ending the week up 102 VNDper USD./.