Record numbers for newly established businesses in 2019
Updated: 08:55, 30/12/2019
The total number of newly-established enterprises in 2019 was over 138,100 with total registered capital of VND1.7 quadrillion (over US$73.5 billion), up 5.2% and 17%, respectively, against last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
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The total number of newly-established enterprises in 2019 was over 138,100. |
The total number of newly-established firms and firms resuming operations hit more than 177,500 companies, breaking the record of around 165,000 firms last year.
The total number of registered labourers of newly established enterprises this year was 1.2 million, increasing by 13.3% against the same period last year.
However, the number of enterprises that suspended their business operation in the nine months of this year is at 28,700, up 5.9% compared to the same period last year, while 43,700 others ceased operations or are waiting to be dissolved, a year-on-year increase of 41.7%.
Over 79,000 new firms established in first seven months
There have been a total of 79,300 new enterprises established across the country in the first seven months of this year with a registered capital of over VND999 trillion, an increase of 4.6% in the number of enterprise and nearly 30% in capital compared to the same period last year.
547 new businesses established in first six months
(BGO) – Bac Giang province has granted the business
registration certificate to 547 enterprises and 37 branches and representative
offices in the first six month of this year, up 6.6 percent comparing to the
same period last year with total registered capital of over 4.6 trillion VND (197.2
million USD) increasing 14.8 percent against previous figure.
Over 60,000 enterprises established, resume operations during Jan-Apr
Nearly 60,800 enterprises registered for establishment or returned to operations in the first four months of 2019, according to the latest data from the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.
Capital of newly-established firms surges
The number of newly-established businesses in the first quarter of this year reached 28,451 with the total registered capital of 375.5 trillion VND (16.14 billion USD), up 6.2 percent and 34.8 percent year-on-year, respectively.
Source: NDO
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