HO CHI MINH CITY (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): Around 85,500 businesses across the country have suspended operations in the first eight months of the year, a year-on-year increase of 24.2 per cent, according to the General Statistics Office.
The major Covid-19 outbreak and social distancing severely affected business activities, especially in the south, it said.
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