1. Resumption enterprises update in the first two months of 2017
- General situation:
In the first two months of 2017, there were 7.977 enterprises resumed operation, increased by 7,6% compared to the same period in 2016. (Comparing 2016 to 2015: The number of enterprise resumed operation have risen by 69,5%).
- Enterprise resumption update by region:
Table 1: Enterprise resumption categorized by region (unit: No. of enterprise)

In the first two months of 2017, there were some regions that saw their number of enterprise that resumed their operation rise, including the Red River Delta with 2.276 enterprises, increased by 28.7%, The Northern midlands and mountainous with 403 enterprises, rose 10% and the Southeast with 2941 enterprises, increased by 8,1%, while in Mekong Delta and the Central Highlands, there were 672 and 252 enterprises, fell 42% and 3,8% respectively.
- Enterprise resumption update by business activities:
Table 2: Enterprise resumption update by business activities

Statistic in Table 2 shows that in the first two months of 2017, there was some improvement in enterprises resumption in some sectors, namely: 134 enterprises in other services, went up 36,7%. 146 real estate enterprises, increased by 32,7%; 418 Transportation and warehousing enterprises, increased by 13,9%, 163 News and communication enterprises, in creased by 10,9%, 3048 Wholesale, retail, repairs of automobile and motorbikes enterprises, increased by 10,4%.. The other sectors saw their number of enterprises resuming operation decreased compared to the same period last year.
2. Enterprise update on temporary suspension, suspension without registeringor waiting for dissolution enterprises in the first two months of 2017
- General situation:
+There were 8.673 s enterprises that suspended their operation, rose 20,%1 in comparison to the same period in 2016. These enterprises will resume their operation after the suspension.
+ The number of enterprises waiting for dissolution or suspended without registering were 7.723, down 16,5% over the same period last year.
- By forms of ownership:
+ Among temporary suspended enterprises, there were 3.454 one-member limited liability enterprises, accounting for 39,82%; 2839 two-member limited liability enterprises, accounting for 32,73%, 877 private enterprises accounting for 10,12%, 1501 shareholding enterprises accounting for 17,31%, and 2 partnership enterprises accounting for 0,02%.
+ Among unregistered suspended enterprises and waiting for dissolution enterprises, there were 3.357 one-member limited liability enterprises, accounting for 43,5%; 2257 two-member limited liability enterprises, accounting for 29,2%, 638 private enterprises accounting for 8,3%, 1471 shareholding enterprises accounting for 19,0%.
- By capital size:
Statistic in Table 3 shows that in the first two months of 2017, the number of unregistered suspended enterprises and waiting for dissolution enterprises were mainly enterprises with less than 10 billion dong of registered capital, which account for 91,9% of all unregistered suspended and waiting for dissolution enterprises. In comparison to the same period last year, the number of suspended enterprises with registered capital less than 10 billion dong was decreased by 17,1%.
Table 3: Enterprise suspension update by capital size (Unit: No. of enterprise)

- By territory:
Statistic in Table 4 shows that in the first two months of the year, almost all regions had their number of unregistered suspension and waiting for dissolution enterprises dwindled compared to the same period last year, namely: The Central Highlands with 216 enterprises, down 36,5%; The South East with 3.495 enterprises, decreased by 30,4%, the Mekong Delta with 624 enterprises, fell 28,3%, The northern Midland and Moutains region had 219 enterprises, decreased by 27,7%;the North and South Central have868 enterprises, decreased by 15% and the Red River Delta had 2.301 enterprises, increased by 35,9%.
Table 4: Enterprise suspension update by region (Unit: No. of enterprises)

- By Business sectors:
Statistic in Table 5 shows that in the first two months of the year, only the Automobiles sectors had their number of enterprises suspension increased, with were 3.669 enterprises, rose by 10,7%. Other industries saw a decrease in number of suspended enterprises, namely: Agricultural, forestry and fisheries had 114, fell 47,5%; Art and entertainment had 136, decreased by 39,6%; Accomodation and catering services had 302 enterprises, down 38%; Mining had 56 enterprises, decreased by 36,4%, and the manufacturing sector had 824 enterprises, decreased by 34,8%.
Table 5: Enterprise suspension update by business sector (Unit: No. of enterprise)

3. Enterprise dissolution update on the first two months of 2017
- General situation:
There were 2.524 enterprises that completed the dissolution procedure, increased by 14,9% over the same period last year. (Comparison between 2016/2015: The number of enterprises dissolution increased by 6,8%)
- By forms of ownership:
Among dissolved enterprises in the first two months of 2017, there were 927 one-member limited liability enterprises (37,4%), 791 two-member limited liability enterprises (31,34%), 496 private enterprises (10,12%), and 310 shareholding enterprises (12,28%).
- By capital size:
Statistic in Table 6 shows that in the first two months of the year, the number of dissolved enterprises was mostly those with less than 10 billion dong in registered capital, which were 2.326 enterprises, accounting for 92.1% of all dissolved enterprises, increased by 13.4% over the same period.
Table 6: Enterprise dissolution update by capital size (unit: No. of enterprises)

- By Territory
Table 7: Enterprise dissolution update by region

Statistic in Table 7 shows that in the first two months of the year, the number of enterprises registered for dissolution decreased in some regions over the same period of 2016, namely: The Northern Midland and moutainous region with 81 enterprises, decreased 34.1%; The South East with 727 enterprises, decreased by 20,5%; The Red River Delta with 358 enterprises, down 9,6%. Other regions saw their number of dissolved enteprises increase, especially the rise of dissolved enterprises in Central Highlands when local business registration offices reviewed enterprises status after the 6 months period in accordance with regulations in the 2014’s Law on enterprises. The Business registration offices’ revocation and dissolution of enterprises caused the number of dissolved enterprises rose significantly.
- By sector
Table 8: Enterprise dissolution update by business sector (Unit: No. of enterprise)

Statistic in Table 8 shows that, by sector, in the first two months of 2017, several business sector had their number of dissolved enterprises decreased over the same period last year, including Finance, Banking and Insurance with 15 enteprises, down 34,8%; Health and Social services with 12 enterprises, decreased by 25%. Education and Training with 43 enterprises, down 12,2%; The Science, Consulting services, Design, Advertising and other expertises sector had 96 dissolved enterprises, decreased by 8,6%; The News and Communication sector had 84 dissolved enterprises, fell 7,7%. The other sectors had their number of dissolved enterprise increased over the same period of 2016.
It’s worth mentioning that the Mining sector continued to have a significant increase in enterprises’ dissollution. One of the reason for the dark future of mining is the falling price in the international market. When the market face going sour, exploiting and product cost tend to climb up as the tax on natural resource, natural preservation and exportation also increase. For that, there are restrictions in natural resources exploitation and exportation.
Tran Thi Xuyen
Agency for Business Registration