With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, theceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 23,864 VND/USDand the floor rate 22,476 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at all commercial banks alsodecreased.
Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,180VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,490 VND/USD, both down 10 VND from July 8.
BIDV also cut both rates by 5 VND to 23,210VND/USD (buying) and 23,490 VND/USD (selling).
During the week from July4-8, the daily reference exchange rate followed an upward trend for most of theweek before turning around to drop on Friday, ending the week up 56 VND fromMonday./.