Hanoi, Oct. 9 -- The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 25,629 VND/USD on October 9, down 5 VND from the previous day. With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 26,910 VND/USD, and the floor rate 24,348 VND/USD. The opening-hour buying and selling rates at major commercial banks fell sharply from the October 8 trading session. At 8:35 am, both Vietcombank and BIDV listed the buying rate at 25,710 VND/USD and the selling rate at 26,090 VND/USD, down 80 VND from the previous session./.

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