HANOI, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Some 81 percent of Vietnamese manufacturing and processing firms said they expected stable or better business results in 2017, according to a survey by the General Statistics Office (GSO) on Tuesday.
The optimism of business results in 2017 was driven by improved macro-economy coupled with government efforts to improve the business climate and remove obstacles, local Vietnam News online newspaper quoted GSO as saying.
Earlier, a survey among the 500 largest local enterprises by Vietnam Report found that they were optimistic about revenue, profit and overall business results for 2017.
Last year, the country saw a record high of 110,000 new firms registered.