Hanoi, July 17 -- The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange at 25,176 VND/USD on July 17, up 8 VND from the previous day. With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 26,435 VND/USD and the floor rate 23,917 VND/USD. At 8:15 am, the opening-hour rates at major commercial banks continued seeing a slight increase. Both Vietcombank and BIDV listed the buying rate at 25,980 VND/USD and the selling rate at 26,340 VND/USD, both up 20 VND from the July 16 morning session./.

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