With the current trading band of +/- 5%, theceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is 23,820 VND/USD andthe floor rate 22,458 VND/USD.
The opening hour rates at commercial banksincreased strongly.
At 8:20 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at23,520 VND/USD, and the selling rate at 23,890 VND/USD, both up 100 VND fromthe end of February 16.
BIDV also raised both rates by 110 VND, listing at23,580 VND/USD (buying) and 23,880 VND/USD (selling).
Duringthe week from February 13-17, the daily reference exchange rate followed anupward trend, ending the week up a total 11 VND./.
