Nearly 15,000 new enterprises established in April

VGP - Over 14,500 new enterprises were formed in Viet Nam in April, with total registered capital of VND133.5 trillion (US$5.86 billion), according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

May 02, 2018 4:44 PM GMT+7

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Accordingly, the figures were up 79.5% in terms of firm numbers and 64.5% in capital over the previous month.

These companies are expected to create jobs for nearly 106,700 people, a monthly rise of 54.7%.

In addition, April witnessed 3,281 enterprises resuming their operations but another 6,138 temporarily suspended their business and 1,378 were dissolved.

In the first four months of the year, the number of newly established enterprises was almost 41,300 with a total capital of VND412 trillion (US$18.1 billion).

It added that the new firms mostly focused on sectors such as wholesale, retail, repairing, automobiles, construction, manufacturing, processing and consultancy.

By Vien Nhu