Dau Giay Aims for Modern, Sustainable Growth

Dau Giay Commune has a well-balanced economic structure encompassing commerce, services, industry, handicrafts, and agriculture. With the goal of building a modern, civilized locality, the commune is continuing to focus on mobilizing resources to invest in infrastructure development and expand industrial support services, trade and services, logistics, and related sectors.

Dau Giay agricultural wholesale market operates efficiently and helps distribute local farm produce. Photo by Binh Nguyen

Agricultural production continues to receive focused investment, shifting towards clean, organic, and high-tech farming to promote sustainable development and help raise rural incomes.

Steady economic expansion

Between 2020 and 2025, Dau Giay Commune’s industrial–construction sector recorded growth of over 22 percent; the trade–services sector grew by 20 percent; and agriculture, forestry, and fisheries rose by nearly 2 percent. By 2025, the average per capita income in the commune reached 92.4 million VND, up 24 million VND compared to 2020.

Commerce and services in the commune have grown steadily in both quality and scale. The locality is home to around 2,800 sole proprietorships, two cooperatives, two Bách Hóa Xanh convenience stores, and seven markets, meeting residents’ shopping needs. Notably, the Dau Giay wholesale market for agricultural products and food serves as a key trading hub, especially for agricultural goods, both within and beyond the province.

According to Mai Van Hien, chairman of the Dau Giay People’s Committee, priorities for 2025–2030 include digital transformation and administrative reform, with the aim of building a modern, transparent, and efficient e-government. The focus will be on developing the digital economy in production and commerce, with an emphasis on deploying digital technologies in agriculture and essential services to raise productivity and service quality.

Following administrative mergers, Dau Giay Commune has continued to serve as a strategic transport hub for the region, with major expressways and national highways running through it, including National Highway 1A, National Highway 20, and the Ho Chi Minh City–Long Thanh–Dau Giay Expressway. This advantageous location facilitates connections to major provinces and cities in the southern key economic zone, the Central Highlands, and the south-central coast. Its favorable geography, combined with industrial–service development potential, has helped attract investment into local industrial parks and clusters. Among them, the Dau Giay Industrial Park, covering more than 328 hectares and with an occupancy rate of over 92 percent, has been a driving force in economic restructuring. The Eastern University of Technology, located in the commune, is a higher education institution of significant importance, providing high-quality local human resources to meet the demands of economic and social development.

For 2025–2030, the commune aims to keep science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation at the core of its growth strategy. With advantages in transport, urban infrastructure, logistics, and large-scale trade and services, Dau Giay intends to broaden its development space and attract strategic investors.

Pushing high-tech agriculture

Although aiming to become a modern, civilized urban area, Dau Giay Commune continues to place strong emphasis on agricultural development. Between 2020 and 2025, average annual output per hectare reached 183.5 million VND, up nearly 10.3 percent compared to the previous term.

A highlight in the agricultural development is that the commune has drawn both corporate and individual investment into high-tech and organic farming, which now covers more than 6,000 hectares, around 2.5 per cent of its total agricultural land.

One notable case is Ho Chi Minh City-based Que Lam Group, which has partnered with local farmers and cooperatives to develop organic models for crops, including green-skin pomelo, durian, mangosteen, and organic pig farming.

Mr. Pham Duy Long, head of the Bau Ham 2–Quang Trung Avocado Cooperative Group, said the area’s rocky soil historically limited crop options, leading farmers to favour drought-resistant plants or low-yield mixed gardens. Infrastructure upgrades in recent years, including road building and electricity connections to farmland, have enabled a switch to higher-value crops such as bananas, avocados, and durians. Many farmers are moving to organic cultivation, improving soil fertility for long-term sustainability.

Sharing the same view, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phuoc, head of the Loc Thinh Jackfruit Cooperative Group, which follows an organic-oriented model of jackfruit and fruit tree cultivation, said that in recent years, local farmers have shifted from crops such as cocoa and jackfruit to other fruit trees with higher economic returns. Despite these changes, members of the cooperative group have remained committed to organic-oriented production, making use of agricultural waste and by-products to produce organic fertilizer and gradually reducing the use of chemical fertilizers.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phuoc added that members of the cooperative participate in an organic-oriented production model following processes developed by Que Lam Group, which provides 50 percent of the required organic fertilizer, along with technology transfer and organic production training. The company has also committed to purchasing the cooperative’s produce, giving farmers peace of mind to remain engaged in the long term.

By Binh Nguyen
Translated by Le Hung - Minho