For the first seven months of this year, newly-registered firms totalled 41,921, up 14 per cent year-on-year, on the back of economic and export recoveries as well as improved tourism, said Banjongjitt Angsusingh, DBD director-general. 
As of the end of July, construction firms led in the number of new companies.&nbsp; 
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