Agribank or formally the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Vietnamese: Ngân hàng Nông nghiệp và Phát triển Nông thôn Việt Nam) is the largest commercial bank in Vietnam by total under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
According to a report by the United Nations Development Programme, Agribank is also the largest corporation in Vietnam.
[3][4][5] It is the first state-owned commercial bank of Vietnam, established with the objective of focusing credit resources to serve the development of agriculture, farmers, and rural areas.
[6] By 2000, Agribank had 2,300 branches and transaction offices nationwide, accounting for 40% of the agricultural credit market share.
[7][8] In 2011, Agribank converted to a one-member limited liability company owned 100% by the State.