Expanding investment promotion and trade connectivity

With its advantages in geographic location, transportation, and infrastructure development, Dong Nai has recently accelerated investment promotion and trade connectivity activities to attract and seek potential partners and investors in the world.

Students explore job opportunities at Japanese enterprises in Dong Nai. Photo: Ngoc Lien

These activities have contributed to strengthening Dong Nai’s ties with numerous countries, particularly major economies such as the United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and China.

Fostering partnerships

Dong Nai has signed 88 provincial-level international cooperation agreements with 17 countries and territories worldwide, including the ROK, the United States, France, Japan, China, Thailand, Germany, Portugal, India, the Netherlands, and Singapore, of which 27 agreements remain in force.

In 2025, the province actively carried out numerous trade connections and investment promotion activities in countries with large-scale economies. Notable examples include events in China such as the Shouguang International Vegetable Science and Technology Expo, the 42nd Weifang International Kite Festival, the 22nd China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO 2025), and the 5th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves. Dong Nai also signed a memorandum of cooperation with the municipal government of Vila Nova de Gaia (Portugal) in cultural exchange, tourism promotion, economic and trade cooperation, urban redevelopment, and heritage preservation. In addition, the province took part in investment promotion conferences with businesses and partners in Tokyo (Japan) and the RoK, among others.

In the early months of 2026, Dong Nai continued to hold meetings and share information to promote investment attraction and trade connectivity with partners from the RoK, Singapore, and China.

Lee Chul Haeng, Head of the Business Competence Group (General Affairs Department, Jeollanam-do Province, the RoK), noted that during a recent visit to Dong Nai, the working delegation aimed to gain firsthand insights into Dong Nai’s economic and industrial environment while exploring opportunities for cooperation between the two provinces. In particular, Vietnam, with its strong economic growth and dynamic industrial development, is increasingly affirming its position in Southeast Asia, while cooperation between the RoK and Vietnam continues to expand across multiple sectors. As Dong Nai is one of Vietnam’s key economic centers with a well-developed industrial base, Jeollanam-do Province hopes to exchange information on economic development policies, learn from Dong Nai’s local development experience, expand its vision of international cooperation, and seek investment opportunities for mutual growth.

Creating an attractive investment environment

Dong Nai currently has nearly 60 licensed industrial parks, of which 43 are operational, covering a total area of more than 14,700 hectares. With a modern transportation and logistics infrastructure system, along with open and stable investment attraction policies, the province has become an attractive destination for both domestic and foreign investors.

In the first two months of 2026, Dong Nai attracted a total investment capital of over 1.3 billion USD. Of this, domestic investment inflows reached over 15.3 trillion VND (approximately 590 million USD), while foreign direct investment totaled 752 million USD.

Dong Nai province continues to consolidate, build, and elevate its position through a range of initiatives aimed at attracting investor interest. Notably, the Provincial People’s Committee has approved the 1:2,000 zoning plan for the Long Thanh Centralized Digital Technology Park in An Phuoc and Binh An communes, aiming to establish a center for information technology (IT) and create infrastructure for digital technology application and development, while fostering a favorable investment environment to attract capital and advanced technologies from both domestic and international sources, contributing to making the IT sector a key pillar of the national economy.

Furthermore, with its strategic location in the southern key economic zone, close to Ho Chi Minh City, access to major seaport clusters in the Southeast region, and the presence of Long Thanh International Airport, Dong Nai has emerged as a major magnet for investors. The province has also outlined a strategy to prioritize attraction of high-tech and environmentally friendly projects in three key sectors: aviation technology; semiconductor technology, chip manufacturing, and artificial intelligence; and automation equipment and IT. In its planning, Dong Nai has allocated substantial land resources for the development of additional industrial parks, particularly high-tech and IT-focused zones, to attract leading high-tech investors.

By Ngoc Lien – Translated by Minh Hong, Thu Ha