With thecurrent trading band of +/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercialbank during the day is 23,887 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,496 VND/USD.
The rateslisted at commercial banks saw slight increases.
At 8:20 am,Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 22,880 VND/USD and the selling rate at23,110 VND/USD, unchanged from the rates on July 15.
BIDV added 5 VNDto both rates, listing the buying rate at 22,915 VND/USD and the selling rateat 23,115 VND/USD.
Meanwhile, Vietinbank reduced the buying rate by 5 VND to 22,885 VND/USD, andraised the selling rate by 5 VND to 23,105 VND/USD.
During theweek from July 12-16, the daily reference exchange rate fluctuated variably andended the week down 9 VND./.
