With the currenttrading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banksduring the day is 23,843 VND/USD and the floor rate, 22,455 VND/USD.
The opening hour ratesat most commercial banks remained stable.
At 8:25 am, Vietcombank listed thebuying rate at 23,010 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,220 VND/USD, unchangedfrom December 18.
BIDV also kept bothrates unchanged at 23,040 VND/USD (buying) and 23,220 VND/USD (selling).
The rates at Techcombank stayed the same as on December 18, at 23,107VND/USD (buying) and 23,217 VND/USD (selling).
During the week fromDecember 14 to December 18, the daily reference exchange rate fluctuatedvariably but ended the week down 5 VND from the rate at the week’s beginning.
The rates listed atmost commercial banks stayed stable throughout the week./.