With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, theceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 23,993 VND/USD and thefloor rate 22,596 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at many commercial banks stayed stable.
At 8:30am, BIDV listed thebuying rate at 23,530 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,810 VND/USD, unchanged from the end of September 16.
Vietcombank also kept both rates unchanged at 23,485 VND/USD (buying) and23,795 VND/USD (selling).
During the week from September 12-16, thereference exchange rate was adjusted down on the first two days but up on therest of the week. It ended the week up 30 VND./.