Number of new enterprises up 13.8%
VGP – As many as 72,953 enterprises were established in the first seven months of 2017, with a total registered capital of VND690,700 billion, up 13.8% in the number and up 39% in the capital against the same period in 2016, according to the General Statistics Office.
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The average capital of each enterprise was estimated at VND9.5 billion, up 22.2%.
The number of enterprises operating in sales and retails took the lead with 25,900 ones, accounting for 35.5% and up 14.1%. It was followed by the construction sector with 9,600 ones, making up 13.2% and up 10.3%, 9,500 ones operating in the processing and manufacturing sector, accounting for 13% and up 9%, science, technology, consultancy, designing, advertisement and other sectors with 5,500 ones, accounting for 7.6% and up 10.3% and 2,700 ones operating in the real estate sector, making up 3.7% and up 68%.
6,608 businesses were dissolved in seven months, up 2.9%, including 6,104 ones with the capital scale under VND10 billion, accounting for 92.4%.
A total number of 43,274 enterprises temporally stopped operating, up 19.5% while 2,123 ones re-operated, up 10.5%.
By Thuy Dung
