Hanoi, Aug. 8 -- Vietnam saw a strong rise in business formation and resumption in the first seven months of 2025, with 174,000 enterprises newly established or returning to operations, up 22.9% year-on-year, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Finance.

Of the total, 107,700 were new firms, with combined registered capital of 928.4 trillion VND (35.4 billion USD), up 10.6% in number and 5.5% in capital compared with the same period last year.

Notably, additional capital injected into the economy exceeded 3.3 trillion VND (nearly 127 million USD), surging 93.7%. This reflects not only the dynamism of new enterprises but also the expansion drive among existing ones.

The services sector remained the mai...