Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily referenceexchange rate at 22,615 VND/USD on June 25, down 5 VND from the last day ofprevious week (June 22).
With the current trading band of +/- 3 percent, the ceiling rate appliedto commercial banks during the day is 23,293 VND/USD and the floor rate 21,939VND/USD.
The opening hour rates at commercial banks mostly stayed unchanged.
Both Vietcombank and BIDV listed the buying rate at 22,830 VND per USD,and the selling rate at 22,900 VND/USD, the same as on June 22.
The rates at Techcombank also remained the same as on June 22 at 22,810VND/USD (buying) and 22,910 VND/USD (selling).
The daily reference exchange rate was on a rising trend for most of lastweek before turning around to drop on the last day (June 22).
The rates listed at commercial banks also rose throughout the week.-VNA
The daily reference exchange rate on June 21 continued the rising trend from the beginning of the week, going up 5 VND from June 20 to 22,622 VND per USD.
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Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) 
