Nearly 54,000 new businesses established in first five months of 2019
According to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam there were nearly 54,000 newly-established firms with the total capital of nearly VND 670, 000 billion (US$ 28.6 billion) in the first five months, an increase of 3.2 percent in quantity and 29.6 percent in term of capital compared to the same period last year.
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10,700 new businesses were established in May, 2019 with a registered capital of VND 127,300 billion (US$ 5.4 billion).
In May, around 19,600 enterprises returned to operation, up nearly 50 percent over the same period last year. The number of newly registered and re-operated enterprises in the period climbed over 73,600 enterprises.
Despite waiting for the official policy from the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the investment in the construction of an international transshipment port worth US$6 billion in Can Gio District in Ho Chi Minh City is said to be confirmed.
In the early days of the year, fishermen in many provinces and cities went out to sea and reaped the bumper fish harvests. Local authorities have been determined to take decisive action against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Vietnam National University (VNU) - Hanoi climbed 97 places to rank 661st in the latest Webometrics Ranking of World Universities in 2023, which was announced on February 1 by the Cybermetrics Lab, a member of the Spanish National Research Lab.
The 8th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival themed "Buon Ma Thuot - Destination of coffee worldwide" is scheduled to take place in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on March 10-14.
The Lam Dong Province Department of Agriculture and Rural Development informed that in January, it discovered 18 cases of illegal deforestation on a surface area of 1.74ha.
