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The number of enterprises established in the first quarter of this year hit a record 34,590, according to the General Statistics Office.

About 29,300 businesses have been set up so far this year with a combined registered capital of 447.8 trillion VND (19.61 billion USD), data from the Ministry of Planning and Investment showed.

The total new, adjusted capital and share purchases by foreign investors reached 31.15 billion USD as of December 20, up 9.2 percent annually, reported the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).

Vietnam’s overseas investment totalled 646.03 million USD in the first ten months of 2021, up 35.1 percent year-on-year, data from the Ministry of Planning and Investment showed.

Foreign investors poured 23.74 billion USD in new projects, existing projects, and in contribution of capital and share purchases as of October 20, up 1.1 percent year-on-year, reported the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

Vietnamese investment overseas reached 572.3 million USD in the first nine months of 2021, up 32.4 percent over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK) poured over 2.43 billion USD into Vietnam in the first eight months of 2021, ranking third in terms of total registered capital after Singapore and Japan.

Hanoi lured more than 18.7 million USD of foreign direct investment (FDI) in August, raising the total FDI poured into the city in the first eight months of 2021 to 841.8 million USD, according to the city's Statistics Office.

Nearly 67,100 enterprises were established in the first half of this year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Total registered capital of new foreign-invested projects and additional capital in existing ones in Hanoi amounted to 519.2 million USD in the first five months of this year, according to the Statistics Department of Hanoi.

More than 18,000 new businesses were established in the first two months of 2021, a year-on-year decline of 4 percent, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Foreign investors invested in 17 sectors in the first two months of 2021. Among the sectors, processing and manufacturing attracted 3 billion USD, accounting for 55.7% of the total registered capital.

As many as 2,390 newly-established firms and 771 subordinate units with a total registered capital of over 24.12 trillion VND (1.04 billion USD) were set up in northern Bac Ninh province last year, up 2 percent in number and 8.6 percent in capital.

As Vietnam is pursuing the twin targets of disease prevention and economic development, the number of new enterprises and those resuming operation has bounced back in recent months.

Over 6,400 firms in Ho Chi Minh City resumed their operations in 11 months of this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, up more than 21 percent year-on-year.

The number of companies set up during the first 11 months of this year was down year-on-year but total registered capital increased, according to the General Statistics Office.

The disbursement of public investment sourced from the State budget reached 354.6 trillion VND (nearly 15.3 billion USD) in the first ten months of this year, an increase of 34.4 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnam recorded nearly 111,200 new enterprises from January-October, a year-on-year decline of 2.9 percent, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). The new entrants, however, have combined registered investment of more than 1,594 trillion VND (68.3 billion USD), up 11.1 percent against the same period last year.

The southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau was one of the leading localities in attracting investment during 2016-2020, Director of the provincial Department of Planning and Investment Nguyen Cong Vinh has said.

A total of 3,999 new enterprises have been set up in the southern province f Binh Duong since the beginning of 2020, with their registered capital totaling approximately 26.95 trillion VND (1.16 billion USD).