Hanoi, Aug. 21 -- The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange at 25,273 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 26,537 VND/USD and the floor rate 24,009 VND/USD. At 8:15 am, the opening-hour rates at major commercial banks also saw increases. Both Vietcombank and BIDV listed the buying rate at 26,160 VND/USD and the selling rate at 26,520 VND/USD, up 20 VND from August 20 morning session./.

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