Hanoi, Dec. 9 -- The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 25,155 VND/USD on December 9, up 3 VND from the previous day. With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 26,413 VND/USD, and the floor rate 23,897 VND/USD. At 8:18, the buying and selling rates at major commercial banks saw mixed developments. Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 26,172 VND/USD and the selling rate at 26,412 VND/USD, both up 3 VND from the December 8 morning session. Meanwhile, BIDV cut down the buying rate by 9 VND to 26,160 VND and raised the selling rate by 3 VND to 26,412./.

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