Hanoi, Aug. 21 -- The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 25,600 VND/USD on August 21, up 10 VND from the previous day. With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 26,880 VND/USD, and the floor rate 24,320 VND/USD. However, the opening-hour buying and selling rates at major commercial banks declined from the August 20 trading session. At 8:30am, both Vietcombank and BIDV listed the buying rate at 25,920 VND/USD and the selling rate at 26,300 VND/USD, dropping 70 VND from the previous session./.

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