According to the report of the Statistics Office (Ministry of Finance), the number of newly established enterprises is showing a strong increase. In the first 9 months of 2025, the whole country had 145,000 newly registered enterprises with a total registered capital of VND 1,420.2 trillion and a total registered number of employees of VND 874 thousand, an increase of 18.9% in the number of enterprises, an increase of 22.6% in registered capital and an increase of 18.9% in the number of employees compared to the same period last year.
The average registered capital of a newly established enterprise in the first 9 months of 2025 reached 9.8 billion VND, an increase of 3.1% over the same period in 2024. The total registered capital added to the economy in the first nine months of 2025 is VND 4,720.5 trillion, an increase of 104.3% over the same period in 2024.
In addition, the whole country has 86.4 thousand enterprises returning to operation (up 41.3% over the same period in 2024), bringing the total number of newly established and returning to operation in the first 9 months of 2025 to more than 231.3 thousand enterprises, an increase of 26.4% over the same period in 2024. On average, 25.7 thousand newly established and returning to operation enterprises per month.
In the first 9 months of 2025, the number of enterprises temporarily suspending business for a period of time was 99.5 thousand enterprises, an increase of 14.5% over the same period last year; 53.2 thousand enterprises stopped operating pending dissolution procedures, down 13.5%; 22.3 thousand enterprises completed dissolution procedures, up 45%. On average, 19.4 thousand businesses withdraw from the market each month.
According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong - Director of the Statistics Office, the number of business registrations in the first 9 months of 2025 increased thanks to the " momentum" of Resolution 68-NQ/TW to strongly develop the private economic sector. In fact, in the structure of the Vietnamese economy, although the number of operating enterprises reached nearly 1 million, there were up to 5.2 million individual business households operating in early 2025.
"In that context, Vietnam has had many support policies to convert the business model to a business model, such as simplifying registration procedures, exempting and reducing some types of taxes and fees in the initial stage, legal advice and corporate governance training, as well as supporting technology platforms, accounting and electronic invoices. Many localities also implement "business household conversion support group" models to provide direct guidance, helping people easily access information and complete procedures" - Ms. Huong said.
