| Abstract | The enterprises doing agricultural business and enterprises locating in rural area of
Vietnam are mostly small and micro small size (about 77.5% of total enterprises), their
number employee less than 50 people. The large and medium size enterprises are sited
mainly in Hanoi, Hochiminh, Binhduong and Dongnai provinces. Enterprises involve four
major economic activities that consist of agriculture, manufacturing, construction,
wholesale and retail trade industries. In addition, some features of the enterprises reveal as
following indicators: total asset of a company is VND 27.5billion; fixed assets account for
49.5 percent of total assets; total debt ratio is 57 percent; annual revenue per company
gains VND33.4billion; and annual net income per company earns VND1.2billion. The
most important capital sources of these enterprises consist of their retained earnings and
Vietnam commercial banks. Another capital is land using with average area per enterprise
reaches 30.8 hectare.
The rural business environment is evaluated by 16 indicators divided into 3 dimensions (1)
infrastructure with 4 indicators, (2) business services with 8 indicators, and (3) policy and
law implementation with 4 indicators. Most of enterprises give their moderate and good
assessment of the business environment in rural areas that they are locating on three above
dimensions. In total 63 provinces, there is 76.2% rural areas appreciated at satisfied level
by enterprises located in those rural areas. In all rural areas, the business environment
reaches nearly at moderate level with general index equal 96.1 marks (the moderate level
ranges between 97 and 108 marks). Especially, the three first ranks of rural business
environment belong to the rural areas of Dongthap, Vungtau and Binhduong provinces in
Southern Vietnam. |