Number of newly-registered businesses down 18.3 per cent in February

Number of newly-registered businesses down 18.3 per cent in February

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam saw  八, 八 四 一 new enterprises registering a combined capital of VNĐ 六 五. 六 trillion (US$ 二. 七 六 billion) and nearly  五 一, 一00 labourers in February, according to the General Statistics Office.

The figures represent month-on-month decreases of  一 八. 五 per cent in the number of enterprises,  三 三. 八 per cent in capital, and  二 五. 六 per cent in the number of employees; and a year-on-year rise of  二 一. 四 per cent in the number of enterprises; and y-o-y decreases of  二 三. 一 per cent in capital, and  二 九. 六 per cent in the number of labourers.

Therefore, in the first two months of this year,  一 九, 七00 businesses with a combined registered capital of VNĐ 一 六 四. 七 trillion and  一 一 九, 六00 labourers were set up across the country. The figures represented y-o-y decreases of  三 per cent,  四0. 七 per cent and  二0. 一 per cent, respectively.

In addition,  三, 九 二 七 firms resumed operations in the month, down  七 三. 八 per cent month-on-month, and  三. 五 per cent year-on-year, bringing the total number in the first two months to  一 八, 二00, down  一 八. 六 per cent year-on-year.

On the opposite side, during January-February,  三 八, 八00 businesses temporarily ceased operations, a year-on-year rise of  一 八. 五 per cent, while  九, 四00 were in the dissolution process, up  五. 八 per cent, and  三, 二00 completed dissolution procedures, down  一. 六 per cent. — VNS