Hanoi, July 9 -- The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 25,211 VND/USD on July 9, up 5 VND from the previous day. With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 26,472 VND/USD, and the floor rate 23,950 VND/USD. The opening-hour buying and selling rates at major commercial banks also rose slightly compared to the July 8 morning trading session. At 8:30, both Vietcombank and BIDV listed the buying rate at 26,111 VND/USD and the selling rate at 26,471 VND/USD, up 5 VND from the previous day./.

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