Hanoi (VNA) – A total of 10,728 new firms wereestablished in May with total registered capital of 112.7 trillion VND (4.83billion USD), up 36.1 percent in number and 20.1 percent in capital from theprevious month, according to the General Office of Statistics (GSO).
With the May figure, the number of new firms set up in the firstfive months of the year reached 48,300 with total capital of 557 trillion VND,down 10.5 percent in number and 16.7 percent in capital year-on-year.
Taking into account the 817.4 trillion VND added to existingfirms, the capital flow into the economy in the period came to 1,375 trillionVND, a decrease of 17 percent compared to the same period last year.
Besides, 21,700 firms resumed operation, up 10.5 percent year onyear.
Meanwhile, 26,000 firms suspended operation for a certainperiod, up 36.4 percent year on year, and 16,500 suspended pending dissolutionprocedures, down 14.5 percent. Nearly 6,100 firms dissolved in the five months,down 4.8 percent, with 2,200 of them in whole and retail, automobile andmotorbike repair./.