Reference exchange rate up at week’s beginning

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Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank ofVietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,213 VND per USD on July 26, up 4 VND from the last working day of previous week (July 23).

With the currenttrading band of + /- 3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banksduring the day is 23,909 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,516 VND/USD.

 The rates listed at major commercial banks sawslight fluctuations.

At 8:30 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 22,880 VND/USD and the sellingrate at 23,110 VND/USD, both unchanged from July 23.

Meanwhile, BIDV cut the buying rate by 5 VND to 22,905 VND/USD while adding 5 VND to the selling rate, listing the rate at 23,105 VND/USD./.

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