Hanoi, March 24 -- The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,831 VND/USD on March 24, up 18 VND from the last work day of the previous week. With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 26,073 VND/USD and the floor rate 23,589 VND/USD. At major commercial banks, the opening-hour rates saw increases. At 8:35 am, both Vietcombank and BIDV listed the buying rate at 25,420 VND/USD and the selling rate 25,780 VND/USD, up 40 VND from the March 22 morning session./.

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