With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, theceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 23,781 VND/USDand the floor rate 22,386 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at commercial banks alsodeclined.
At 8:30 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at23,070 VND/USD, and the selling rate at 23,380 VND/USD, both down 10 VND fromthe rates at the end of June 16.
Meanwhile, BIDV kept both rates unchanged at 23,090VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,370 VND/USD.
During the week from June 13-17, the dailyreference exchange rate generally followed an upward trend, ending the week up 18VND from Monday./.