Dong Nai maintains impressive FDI attraction results

As of the end of July 2025, Dong Nai Province attracted over 1.8 billion USD  in foreign direct investment (FDI), continuing to secure its position among the country’s leading localities in FDI attraction.

The Aquitara Impact Fund 1 (Belgium) works with the Management Board of the province’s industrial parks and economic zones to learn about the investment environment in Dong Nai. Photo: Ngoc Lien

To continue sustaining these impressive results, Dong Nai province is pushing forward with administrative procedure reforms, clearing bottlenecks in transport infrastructure projects for synchronized connectivity, expanding industrial land fund,…creating the most favorable investment environment for investors coming to the Dong Nai province.

A magnet for FDI investors

With advantages in location as well as a fully developed transport infrastructure across all five modes of transport: road, air, rail, maritime, and inland waterways, together with investment in developing industrial park (IP) infrastructure, particularly the Long Thanh International Airport project, one of the largest in the country and Southeast Asia, Dong Nai is becoming a major hub for FDI investors.

In the first seven months of 2025, Dong Nai ranked fourth nationwide in FDI attraction and was one of nine provinces and cities that attracted over 1 billion USD in FDI. Among the 219 projects granted investment registration certificates in Dong Nai since early 2025, 109 new FDI projects had a total registered capital of over 834 million USD, and 110 existing projects increased capital by over 1 billion USD. The new and expanded FDI projects mainly come from countries and territories such as China, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan,…

Dong Nai currently has 81 IPs planned with an area of over 39 thousand hectares, of which 59 IPs have been established and the rest 22 planned but do not have investors yet. The province has 63 industrial clusters covering more than 3.7 thousand hectares, with 17 clusters already in operation and providing over 1.1 thousand hectares of industrial land for lease.

In addition to projects already granted investment certificates, many business delegations and foreign embassies continue to visit Dong Nai to explore the investment environment.

Huynh Ngoc Hoang Dung, Head of Communications, Administration, and Human Resources at Amata City Bien Hoa JSC in Long Binh ward (Amata Group, Thailand), the investor of the Amata City Long Thanh Hi-tech Industrial Park (Amata Long Thanh, An Phuoc commune), said: Amata Long Thanh has so far attracted 10 investors with total capital of over 255 million USD, including investors from China, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan (China). The projects focus on key industries such as electronics, precision engineering, irradiation, and green technology.

In addition to these investors, Amata Long Thanh has received over 70 units seeking land to develop projects, while actively fostering connections with several high-potential customers from China and Japan… These enterprises are expected to bring more high-tech, high-value-added, and environmentally friendly projects, with investment likely in 2025 or early 2026.

During her visit to explore the investment environment in Dong Nai, Elizabeth Leysen, CEO of Aquitara Impact Fund 1 (Belgium), said: The Aquitara Impact Fund 1 seeks to connect, cooperate, and develop a modern, sustainable green economy infrastructure in Dong Nai Province. In particular, in the field of eco-industrial park development, the fund is deeply interested in strategic projects that the province has planned and is calling for investment.

Prioritizing high-tech, eco-friendly projects

To date, the province has nearly 2.2 thousand FDI projects with total investment capital exceeding 41 billion USD. These projects come from 51 countries and territories. Most investors operate in industrial parks and economic zones.

To continue attracting FDI projects to Dong Nai, provincial leaders, departments, agencies, and IP infrastructure investors always focus on implementing preferential policies and reforming administrative procedures to ensure businesses can easily access the investment environment.

Sharing the strategy for attracting investors in the coming period, Dung said: Amata Long Thanh will continue prioritizing projects in the semiconductor, renewable energy, and smart logistics sectors… to build a modern, sustainable manufacturing community.

Dung affirmed: Amata Long Thanh is not just a location for factories but also a strategic partner accompanying businesses in the long term, making a positive contribution to the socio-economic development of Dong Nai in particular and Vietnam in general.

Nguyen Minh Chien, Deputy Head of the Management Board of Dong Nai’s industrial parks and economic zones, said: Dong Nai currently has 59 established IPs, of which 45 have leased more than 7.6 thousand hectares, and 14 have approved investment policies covering over 7.3 thousand hectares. These are in the process of planning and preparing for infrastructure construction. By the end of 2025, the province is expected to have a larger industrial land reserve to attract investors.

Chien added: The Management Board of the province’s IPs - economic zones will continue implementing the policy of attracting large-scale projects with advanced technology, skilled labor, and those in supporting industries…, in line with the province’s investment attraction orientation. At the same time, it will limit projects that employ large numbers of unskilled workers, are small-scale, use outdated technology, and negatively impact the environment.

By Ngoc Lien

Translated by Minh Hanh – Thu Ha