Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange at 25,219 VND/USD on August 5, down 21 VND from the previous day.
With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 26,480 VND/USD and the floor rate 23,958 VND/USD.
At 8:20 am, the opening-hour rates at major commercial banks saw decreases.
Both Vietcombank and BIDV listed the buying rate at 26,010 VND/USD and the selling rate at 26,370 VND/USD, down 20 VND from the August 4 morning session./.
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