Vietnam sees 2.3% fewer new firms in 2020 as manufacturing output returns to growth in December

A street vendor selling snacks pushes her bicycle past an art gallery in Hanoi on Monday (Jan 4, 2021). - AFP

HANOI, Jan 4 (Xinhua): Around 134,900 enterprises were established in Vietnam in 2020, decreasing 2.3 per cent from the previous year, according to the country's General Statistics Office on Monday.

The registered capital of the new enterprises totaled over 2,235.6 trillion Vietnamese dong (US$97.2 billion), however, up 29.2 percent, said the office.