Nearly 8,600 new firms established in February
VOV.VN - Approximately 8,600 enterprises were set up in February, marking a monthly decrease of 36.5% and an annual decline of 2.8%, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Specifically, over 5,300 companies returned to operation across the whole country during the reviewed period, while 5,146 others registered for a temporary suspension of operations.
Meanwhile, 2,153 enterprises ceased operations while waiting to complete dissolution procedures and 1,506 businesses were dissolved.
In total, there were 41,100 new enterprises either established or returning to operation during the first two months of this year, up 8.5% compared to the same period from last year. On average, there were more than 20,500 new businesses being founded or returning to operations each month.
As many as 63,000 enterprises withdrew from the market during the reviewed period, an increase of 22.5% on year. On average, nearly 31,500 businesses stopped working each month.
