In the first nine months, the country had nearly 99,000 newly registered enteprises, decreased by 3.2% in the number of enterprises, increased by 10.7% registered capital and decreased by 16.3% in the number of employees. The number of enteprises temporarily suspending their businesses increased by 81.8% (yoy).

It is forecast that Vietnam's economic growth in 2020 will be between 2.6-2.8%, if Covid-19 epidemic is still under control domestically. If the epidemic breaks out again in the country in the last months of this year, the economy would probably grow by 1.8-2.0% or lower for the whole year 2020.