# Agribank (Vietnam)

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/agribank-vn
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-03
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [Agribank — official](https://www.agribank.com.vn/)

## Overview

**Agribank (Vietnam)** is **Vietnamese state-owned commercial + agricultural specialist bank** + **Government of Vietnam State Bank of Vietnam ~100%+ controlling** + **Vietnam's largest commercial bank by branches + agricultural + rural commercial bank** + **founded Mar 26 1988 in Hanoi Vietnam as Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development under Vietnamese economic reform Doi Moi era** + **~20M+ Agribank customers across Vietnam** <sup>[1][1], [Viet Nam report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/VN)</sup>.

## History

**Mar 26 1988 — Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Agribank founded in Hanoi Vietnam under Vietnamese economic reform Doi Moi era as Vietnam's national agricultural + rural commercial bank** distinctive Vietnamese banking heritage.

**2014 — Agribank E-Mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Agribank** (Vietnamese state-owned commercial + agricultural specialist bank).

**Major shareholders**: **Government of Vietnam State Bank of Vietnam ~100%+ controlling**.

**Regulators**: **State Bank of Vietnam SBV + national regulators across 3+ countries**.

## Technical integration

Agribank E-Mobile banking app (iOS + Android; ~20M+ Agribank customers across Vietnam) + agribank.com.vn online + Agribank branch network across Vietnam + Cambodia + Laos international branches + Agribank Visa + Mastercard + JCB cards; NAPAS 247 (Vietnamese national interbank instant payments; National Payments Corporation of Vietnam NAPAS operator) + VietQR (Vietnamese national QR payment scheme; NAPAS operator) + Vietnamese Dong VND domestic transfers.

## Implementations & partners

**Major Vietnamese banking + payments competitors**: [Vietcombank (VCB Digibank)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/vietcombank) (Vietcombank; HOSE: VCB; Vietnam's largest commercial bank by market cap) + [VietinBank / VietinBank iPay](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/vietinbank) (VietinBank; HOSE: CTG; Vietnamese state-owned commercial bank) + [BIDV (BIDV SmartBanking X)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bidv) (Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam BIDV; HOSE: BID; Vietnamese state-owned commercial bank; Vietnam's largest commercial bank by assets) + [Techcombank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/techcombank) (Techcombank; HOSE: TCB; Vietnamese private commercial bank) + [MB Bank (Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/mb-bank) (MBBank; HOSE: MBB; Vietnamese commercial bank) + [VPBank (Vietnam Prosperity Bank)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/vpbank) (VPBank; HOSE: VPB) + [Sacombank / Sacombank Pay](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/sacombank) (Sacombank; HOSE: STB) + [ACB (Asia Commercial Bank)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/acb-vietnam) (ACB; HOSE: ACB) + [NAPAS 247 + VietQR](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/napas-247) (NAPAS 247) + [VietQR](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/vietqr) (VietQR).

**Regulators**: State Bank of Vietnam SBV + national regulators across 3+ countries.

## Status

**Active, Vietnamese state-owned commercial + agricultural specialist bank + Government of Vietnam State Bank of Vietnam ~100%+ controlling + Vietnam's largest commercial bank by branches + agricultural + rural commercial bank + founded Mar 26 1988 in Hanoi Vietnam as Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development under Vietnamese economic reform Doi Moi era + ~20M+ Agribank customers across Vietnam** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.agribank.com.vn/ "Agribank — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agribank "Agribank — Wikipedia"
[vn-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/VN

- [1] [Agribank — official][1]
- [2] [Agribank — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Viet Nam report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/VN)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/VN-vietnam.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [agribank-vn.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/agribank-vn). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.