With the current trading band of +/- 5%, theceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is 23,819 VND/USD andthe floor rate 22,455 VND/USD.
The opening hour rates at commercial banks fluctuatedvariably.
At 8:30am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at23,510 VND/USD, and the selling rate at 23,880 VND/USD, both down 15 VND fromthe end of March 2.
On the contrary, BIDV raised both rates by 10 VNDto 23,570 VND/USD (buying) and 23,870 VND/USD (selling).
During the week from February 27-March 3, the dailyreference exchange rate was up at the beginning of the week but turned aroundto follow a downward trend until Friday. It ended the week down 5 VND./.
