---
title: "Agribank Exchange Rate API: VND Buy and Sell Rates as JSON"
description: "Agribank's cash buy / board sell rates for 10 currencies against the Vietnamese dong, read hourly from the bank's own page and served as JSON with the State Bank of Vietnam official rate alongside. REST, JavaScript and Python examples."
canonical: https://allratestoday.com/blog/agribank-exchange-rate-api/
source: AllRatesToday (https://allratestoday.com/) — Markdown mirror of the page above; index of all pages at https://allratestoday.com/llms.txt
generated: 2026-11-13T18:12:13.929Z
---

The Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development is the country’s largest bank by branch network and assets, and is state-owned. Its rates page publishes cash buying, transfer buying and selling rates for about 10 currencies, with the time the board was set. This guide shows how to read that board as JSON: what the rates mean, how they compare with the State Bank of Vietnam official rate and with other banks in Vietnam, and the calls that return them.

## What the Agribank board shows

- **10 currencies against the Vietnamese dong**: AUD, CAD, CHF, EUR, GBP, HKD, JPY, SGD, THB and USD. Every value is VND per 1 unit of the foreign currency.
- **The cash buy / board sell pair.** The State Bank of Vietnam sets a daily central rate and commercial banks may quote only within a band around it, so every board moves together and the competition is in the spread. Banks publish a cash buying rate, a transfer buying rate and one selling rate; the pair shown here is the cash buy and the board sell.
- **USD on 13 November 2026**: Agribank bought at 25480 and sold at 25890 VND, a spread of 1.60%. The State Bank of Vietnam official rate was 26868, so the bank's mid sat -4.40% from it.
- **The bank's own timestamp.** The page prints a last-updated stamp (`15:30 on 11/13/2026` on the board above), returned as `bank_updated_at` next to our `captured_at`.
- **Every day's board is kept permanently, from 24 September 2026.** Read one past day with `?date=`, or a range for one currency with the `/history` endpoint (paid plans).

## Spreads across the board

On the 13 November 2026 board the tightest spreads were USD (1.60%), GBP (3.54%), CHF (3.57%) and the widest THB (6.77%), JPY (5.95%), EUR (4.81%). Spread is (sell − buy) ÷ mid: what a round trip through the bank costs, before any fees. The API returns it on every row as `spread_pct`, so you can rank currencies or alert when a bank widens its board.

## USD at Agribank and other banks in Vietnam

USD on the 5 boards AllRatesToday reads in Vietnam, all captured on 13 November 2026 (the State Bank of Vietnam official rate was 26868):

| Bank | Buy | Sell | Spread | Mid vs official |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vietcombank | 25500 | 25910 | 1.59% | -4.33% |
| BIDV | 25540 | 25920 | 1.48% | -4.24% |
| **Agribank** | 25480 | 25890 | 1.60% | -4.40% |
| VietinBank | 25370 | 25910 | 2.11% | -4.57% |
| Nam A Bank | 25450 | 25860 | 1.60% | -4.51% |

Agribank had the 3rd narrowest USD spread of the 5. One call to `/api/v1/bank-rates/vn` returns every board in the table at once.

## Get the board (REST)

You need an API key; the [free key](https://allratestoday.com/register/) works. The full board:

```
curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/vn/agribank" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"
```

What comes back (the 13 November 2026 board, first three rows):

```
{
  "bank": "agribank",
  "name": "Agribank",
  "country": "vn",
  "quote_ccy": "VND",
  "bank_updated_at": "15:30 on 11/13/2026",
  "basis": "Cash buy / board sell",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-13T13:35:12.488Z",
  "rates": [
    {"ccy":"AUD","buy":17094,"sell":17810,"mid":17452,"spread_pct":4.103,"official":18340,"vs_official_pct":-4.842},
    {"ccy":"CAD","buy":17656,"sell":18378,"mid":18017,"spread_pct":4.007,"official":18883,"vs_official_pct":-4.586},
    {"ccy":"CHF","buy":30197,"sell":31296,"mid":30746.5,"spread_pct":3.574,"official":32209,"vs_official_pct":-4.541},
    … 7 more currencies
  ],
  "disclaimer": "…",
  "attribution": { … }
}
```

One currency, with the row fields at the top level:

```
curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/vn/agribank?ccy=USD" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"
```

```
{
  "bank": "agribank",
  "name": "Agribank",
  "country": "vn",
  "quote_ccy": "VND",
  "bank_updated_at": "15:30 on 11/13/2026",
  "basis": "Cash buy / board sell",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-13T13:35:12.488Z",
  "ccy": "USD",
  "buy": 25480,
  "sell": 25890,
  "mid": 25685,
  "spread_pct": 1.596,
  "official": 26868,
  "vs_official_pct": -4.403,
  "disclaimer": "Retail buy/sell rates as displayed on each bank’s own website at capture time, quoted as home currency per 1 unit of foreign currency. Indicative only: banks change these through the day, apply them at the counter or in-app, and they are not official or reference rates. For the rate a regulation names, use the central-bank endpoints.",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "Board rates published by Agribank on its own website, collected by AllRatesToday",
    "bank_url": "https://www.agribank.com.vn/en/ty-gia",
    "url": "https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/vn/agribank/",
    "terms": "Public pages that show the rates need a visible link to allratestoday.com"
  }
}
```

The board as it stood on a past day:

```
curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/vn/agribank?date=2026-11-06" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"
```

One currency over a date range, one row per day (paid plans; add `&format=csv`, `xml` or `xlsx` for a file):

```
curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/vn/agribank/history?ccy=USD&from=2026-09-24&to=2026-11-13" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"
```

## JavaScript

```
npm install @allratestoday/sdk
```

```
import { AllRatesToday } from '@allratestoday/sdk';

const client = new AllRatesToday({ apiKey: 'art_live_your_key' });

// Agribank's USD row
const r = await client.bankRates('vn', { bank: 'agribank', ccy: 'USD' });
console.log(`Agribank buys USD at ${r.buy}, sells at ${r.sell} VND`);

// The board as it stood on a past day
const past = await client.bankRates('vn', { bank: 'agribank', date: '2026-11-06' });
console.log(past.snapshot_date, past.rates.length);
```

## Python

```
import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/vn/agribank",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer art_live_your_key"},
    timeout=10,
)
r.raise_for_status()
for row in r.json()["rates"]:
    print(row["ccy"], row["buy"], row["sell"], row["spread_pct"])
```

## Board rate or official rate?

The State Bank of Vietnam rate is the one tax, accounting and customs rules in Vietnam name; nobody transacts at it. Agribank's board is the price a customer actually gets. The API puts both on every row: `official` is the central bank's rate for the same currency and `vs_official_pct` is how far the bank's mid sits from it. Use the board to show customers a real price, compare banks for a remittance, or keep a dated record of what the bank quoted; use the [State Bank of Vietnam endpoint](https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/sbv/) when a rule asks for the official rate.

## FAQ

### Where do the Agribank rates come from?

From the bank's own public rates page (https://www.agribank.com.vn/en/ty-gia), read hourly. AllRatesToday does not change the numbers: each row is the buy and sell price Agribank shows, with the mid, the spread and the State Bank of Vietnam rate added.

### Are these the official VND exchange rates?

No. They are Agribank's retail prices for customers. The official rate in Vietnam is the State Bank of Vietnam rate, which the API returns as `official` on each row where the central bank has one, and in full from the central-bank endpoint.

### How often is the Agribank board updated?

AllRatesToday reads the page every hour. The bank's own last-updated stamp is returned as `bank_updated_at`, so you can tell a fresh read of an unchanged board from a new board.

### Can I get Agribank rates for a past date?

Yes, from 24 September 2026 onward; every day's board is kept permanently. Add `?date=YYYY-MM-DD` for one day: the response is the board captured that day, or the nearest earlier day within five days, with `date_requested` and `snapshot_date` added. For a range, `/history?ccy=USD&from=…&to=…` returns one row per day as JSON, CSV, XML or XLSX on paid plans.

### Do I need an API key?

Yes. Commercial bank boards need an API key; any plan works, the free key included, and each call counts against the plan. Public pages or widgets that show the rates need a visible link to allratestoday.com.

## Agribank rates, as JSON

Free API key, hourly board captures, the official rate alongside.

 [Get your free API key](https://allratestoday.com/register/)

## Related

- [Agribank live board rates](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/vn/agribank/)
- [All banks in Vietnam side by side](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/vn/)
- [State Bank of Vietnam official rates API](https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/sbv/)
- [Vietcombank exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/vietcombank-exchange-rate-api/)
- [BIDV exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/bidv-exchange-rate-api/)
- [VietinBank exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/vietinbank-exchange-rate-api/)
- [Nam A Bank exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/nam-a-bank-exchange-rate-api/)
- [Commercial bank rates API: every bank and country](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/)