With the current trading band of +/-5%, the ceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 24,839 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,474 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates at commercial banks continued to decline.
At 8:30 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 23,550 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,860 VND/USD, both down 200 VND from the end of December 8.
BIDV cut both rates by 190 VND to 23,550 VND/USD (buying) and 23,830 VND/USD (selling).
During the week from December 5-9, the daily reference exchange rate fluctuated variably, ending the week down 1 VND.