Hanoi, March 11 -- The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,763 VND/USD on March 11, up 9 VND from March 10 morning. With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 26,001 VND/USD and the floor rate 23,525 VND/USD. At major commercial banks, the opening-hour rates also climbed up. At 8:25am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 25,340 VND/USD and the selling rate 25,700 VND/USD, both up 10 VND from March 10. BIDV also raised both rates by 10 VND, listing the buying rate at 25,330 VND/USD and the selling rate at 25,690 VND/USD./.

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