Vietnam Economic Times - VnEconomy has just announced and honored Vietnam's Strong Brands 2024. At the Ceremony, Agribank was honored in the Top 10 Strongest Vietnamese Brands 2024.

With the theme "Pioneering in Green Investment", the Vietnam Strong Brands Program 2024 conducted a survey, evaluated and honored business brands with outstanding achievements in production, business, trade and service activities towards green growth and sustainable development.

The evaluation criteria in 2024 not only focused on the strategy, action plan and performance of the business in the process of digital transformation, green transformation, developing production models towards energy saving, prioritizing the use of clean energy, but also on policies towards employees and social responsibility to the community.

Over 36 years of development, Agribank has always promoted its pioneering and exemplary role as a leading commercial bank in implementing the policies of the Party and the State, operating safely and effectively with total assets of over VND 2.1 million billion; mobilized capital of over VND 1.95 million billion; outstanding loans to the economy of over VND 1.64 million billion. Agribank has provided diverse products and services, meeting all customer needs, narrowing the gap between rural and urban areas in the use of modern financial and digital banking services.

Agribank brand has been affirmed with important contributions to investing in the development of "Tam Nong", contributing to the socio-economic development of the country, along with practical action programs in green transformation, digital transformation, towards the goal of sustainable development. With the key role of providing capital and financial services to the economy, especially in the agricultural and rural sectors, Agribank has developed a business plan associated with the green economy, circular economy and is determined to promote green growth.

Agribank is continuing to effectively implement 7 policy credit programs and national target programs. Since 2016, Agribank has pioneered the implementation of a preferential credit program of VND 50,000 billion for the development of clean agriculture, for public health, with loan interest rates reduced from 0.5% p.a. to 1.5% p.a.

Currently, Agribank is completing procedures and guidelines for providing credit capital for the project to develop 1 million hectares of high-quality, low-emission rice products in the Mekong Delta.

Agribank's continued honor in the Top 10 Strongest Vietnamese Brands 2024 has affirmed Agribank's prestige and leading position in the business community with stable and effective operations, important contributions to the country's socio-economic development, and outstanding achievements in green transformation and digital transformation, towards the goal of sustainable development.

Kylie Nguyen