Business Insider: Vietnam ranks fifth among world’s most entrepreneurship

(VOV) -Business Insider, a leading US business and entertainment website, has recently revealed the list of top 9 countries with the largest amount of entrepreneurs. The number is calculated by the percentage of the adult population that owns or co-owns a new business and has paid salaries or wages for three or more months.

According to the website, about 13.3% of the population in Vietnam are self-employed.
Photo (Getty): A 58 year old street barber Mr Kiem, poses for a portrait as he waits for customers at his roadside barber shop on July 20, 2013 in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Business Insider noted Vietnam is known for its prolific stalls and 'street barbers’.
Photo: Street barber Mr. Voi, 43, posing while waiting for customers at his roadside barber shop on July 20, 2013, in Hanoi, Vietnam.

‘Running your own business has its perks — more control, no boss, and choice of working hours’ says the website.
Uganda took the first place with a massive 28.1% of the population are entrepreneurs.

Thailand ranked second with 16.7% of the country work for themselves, and transportation is one of the biggest sectors.

The third place was Brazil with 13.8% of entrepreneurs. The country are predominantly single-person vendors. Half of them are women, says the US newspaper.

Cameroon: 13.7% of the country is self-employed, mainly working in the service and food industries.

Angola placed 6th with 12.4% of the population work for themselves.
Street sellers, 'zungueiros' for males and 'zungueiras' for females, make up a large portion of the self-employed. Traffic jams directly help these workers in pushing their products’, Business Insider shared.