With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, theceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 23,815 VND/USDand the floor rate 22,427 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at some commercial banks alsowent up.
At 8:39 am, BIDV listed the buying rate at 23,160VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,440 VND/USD, both up 30 VND from July 1.
Vietcombank also raised both rates by 20 VND to 23,130VND/USD (buying) and 23,440 VND/USD (selling).
During the week from June 27-July 1, the dailyreference exchange rate followed a downward trend on the first two days thenturned around to go up on the last three days. It ended the week up 10 VND fromMonday./.