Hanoi, July 9 -- The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange at 25,119 VND/USD on July 9, down 2 VND from July 8 morning. With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 26,375 VND/USD and the floor rate 23,863 VND/USD. At 8:15 am, the opening-hour rates at major commercial banks also saw decreases. Both Vietcombank and BIDV listed the buying rate at 25,960 VND/USD and the selling rate at 26,320 VND/USD. While the rates at Vietcombank decreased 10 VND, those at BIDV fell 5 VND from July 8./.

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