Double-digit growth target underscores Dong Nai’s resilience and stature

In the third quarter of 2025, Dong Nai’s GRDP growth reached 10.18%, ranking third nationwide. For the first time in many years, Dong Nai achieved a double-digit economic growth rate in one quarter. Given this significant “milestone,” reporters from Dong Nai Newspaper and Radio, Television conducted an interview with Comrade Vo Tan Duc, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee (PPC) and Chairman of Dong Nai People’s Committee, about the contributing factors and forthcoming measures to help Dong Nai attain a double-digit growth target for 2025.

Workers on the production line at Toshiba Asia Industrial Products Co., Ltd. (Amata Industrial Park, Long Binh ward, Dong Nai). Photo: Pham Tung

Growth-driving measures show effectiveness

Comrade Vo Tan Duc, Deputy Secretary of the PPC and Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee. Photo: Khac Gioi

* Comrade Vo Tan Duc, in the third quarter of 2025, for the first time in many years, Dong Nai’s GRDP growth reached double digits. How do you assess this result?

- In the third quarter of 2025, Dong Nai’s GRDP growth was 10.18%. This is a highly noteworthy milestone, because after many years, the province again achieved a double-digit growth rate. This result demonstrates the determination, effort, and unity of the entire political system, the business community, and the people of the province. At the same time, it also shows that the growth-boosting measures the province has implemented thus far have yielded certain effects, and the local economy is recovering strongly and on the right track.

This striking growth result is the combined outcome of a synchronized rebound and leap in key economic sectors with industry-construction playing a leading role, together with services, agriculture, public investment, and flexible governance measures, administrative reform, foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction, and decisive enterprise support, creating the collective momentum for Dong Nai’s economy.

However, the province also recognizes that this is only the beginning of the recovery and growth phase, so it is not complacent. Therefore, the province will continue to implement synchronous solutions, review and identify “bottlenecks” to further unlock resources, and promote growth, such as: removing difficulties for enterprises, accelerating infrastructure projects, administrative reform, digital transformation, improving the quality of human resources, and targeting sustainable and comprehensive growth not only in 2025 but over the 2025-2030 period.

* In your view, what are the key factors that drove Dong Nai’s impressive growth in the third quarter of 2025?

In my view, the first and foremost factor behind this achievement is the province’s flexible and decisive leadership, along with the tireless efforts of the business community and local residents. In a context where the global economy remains volatile, particularly with shifts in supply chains and trade flows, Dong Nai’s ability to sustain a high growth momentum demonstrates the province’s resilience, adaptability, and the strong vitality of its local economy.

Specifically, there are three main groups of factors that contributed to Dong Nai’s double-digit GRDP growth in the third quarter of 2025.

First, the industry-construction sector rebounded strongly, rising over 12.26%. Within this sector, the processing and manufacturing industry continued to be the main driver, with many enterprises expanding production and securing new orders. The construction sector grew nearly 20%, thanks to a host of infrastructure works, factories, schools being completed and newly commenced, especially projects associated with the Long Thanh International Airport and traffic infrastructure.

Second is the resolute direction and efforts to disburse public investment capital and to develop infrastructure, which created strong spillover effects into services, transport, and commerce. This helped unlock social capital flows, stimulate consumption and investment.

Third is the FDI attraction and a strong rebound in services. New and expanded investments increased, and many foreign enterprises trusted Dong Nai as a long-term destination. Meanwhile, sectors such as accommodation, catering, logistics, and warehousing transport grew by 10–16%, contributing to expanding the scale of the economy.

In addition, agriculture remained a foundation, growing by 4.39%, with stable production, high-value crops, and good linkages for product consumption. The province also implemented administrative reforms, digital transformation, and enterprise support in a synchronized manner, creating a favorable investment and business environment.

Despite many difficulties, Dong Nai seized opportunities well to attain the growth target

* How do you assess the feasibility of achieving a double-digit growth rate for the whole year 2025?

- With a Q3 growth of 10.18%, the accumulated GRDP growth over the first nine months of 2025 reached 8.86%, ranking 10th nationwide. Therefore, to achieve the double-digit growth target for 2025, Dong Nai must achieve over 16% growth in Q4. This is  a very challenging task, requiring high determination, concerted direction from all levels of government, and consensus and effort from the business community and people.

The double-digit economic growth target is not merely a numerical goal but also a symbol of solidarity, determination to advance, and the aspiration for development of Dong Nai province following the merger. Thus, to successfully realize this objective, Dong Nai is accelerating and deploying growth-stimulating solutions synchronously, striving to achieve the highest possible growth in 2025. The focus is on restructuring key economic sectors, accelerating disbursement of public investment capital, strongly attracting high-quality FDI, and developing strategic infrastructure.

With the spirit of “one mind from top to bottom, smooth sailing across both length and breadth,” the entire political system, the business community, and the people of Dong Nai will join forces to act decisively, and seize every opportunity so that the new Dong Nai can achieve the double-digit GRDP growth target in 2025, laying a solid foundation for the 2026-2030 development phase.

Comrade VO TAN DUC, Deputy Secretary of the PPC, Chairman of Dong Nai People’s Committee

I believe that with a spirit of advancement, solidarity and the aspiration for development after the merger, Dong Nai will overcome all difficulties, seize every opportunity and accomplish the set goal. Dong Nai will remain steadfast toward this development target, treating it as an important milestone that manifests its resolve and stature, affirming its role as a dynamic, sustainable growth pole of the Southeast region in particular and the country in general.

* Could you share the specific solutions the province will implement in the remaining time of 2025 to achieve the double-digit growth target?

To realize the double-digit GRDP target in 2025, the Provincial People’s Committee has identified Q4 as a period of strong acceleration and decisive, synchronous actions across all fields. Accordingly, from now until year-end, Dong Nai will synchronously implement the following groups of key solutions:

Public investment disbursement must be accelerated; this is a pivotal task to drive growth. The goal is to disburse 100% of the 2025 capital plan, prioritizing strategic infrastructure projects and key national and regional works such as Long Thanh Airport, the Gia Nghia – Chon Thanh, Dau Giay – Tan Phu, Bien Hoa – Vung Tau expressways, the Ho Chi Minh City’s Ring Road No. 3, etc. The province will apply “green lane” mechanisms in appraisal, streamline administrative procedures, and adopt detailed Gantt charts for each project’s timeline. Simultaneously, it will decisively address slow projects, reallocate capital to well-disbursing projects, and tie disbursement results to year-end evaluation and ranking of officials and leadership.

In parallel, the province will implement measures to boost industrial production - construction, services, and high-tech agriculture. These are three growth pillars of the province. Specifically, the industrial sector aims for a growth rate of over 12%, the services sector over 9%, and the agricultural sector nearly 4%.

It will also continue intensifying efforts to attract high-quality domestic and FDI investment. In the first nine months, Dong Nai attracted over VND 124,000 billion in domestic capital and US$ 2.4 billion in FDI. In the coming time, the province will further improve the investment environment, shorten administrative procedures, prepare ready clean land funds and synchronous infrastructure at new industrial parks such as Long Duc 3, Phuoc Binh 2, Bau Can – Tan Hiep, Xuan Que – Song Nhan. Simultaneously, accelerate scheduled land use right auctions to increase funding for developmental investment.

Another key solution is to develop strategic infrastructure and promote inter-regional connectivity within the Southeast region. Currently, Dong Nai is collaborating closely with Ho Chi Minh City to form a modern inter-regional connectivity network, maximizing its gateway role in transport, logistics, and export processing. At the same time, it is expediting new urban planning for Bien Hoa, Nhon Trach, Trang Bom, and adjusting the provincial master plan for 2021-2030 with a vision to 2050.

Workers on the production line at Dong Phu Cuong Joint Stock Company, Phu Cuong Industrial Cluster, Thong Nhat commune, Dong Nai. Photo: Pham Tung

Dong Nai will also continue strengthening tax collection and mobilizing diversified social resources; the goal is to raise revenues above VND 100,000 billion in 2025. Meanwhile, it will control recurrent expenditure, save public funds, and focus capital on developing social housing and people’s welfare.

The province will emphasize human resource development, innovation, and digital transformation. Dong Nai is implementing the semiconductor industry human resource development scheme, accelerating digital transformation in management, education, health, and public administration, aiming toward a data-driven governance model.

Especially, the province will implement measures to ensure macroeconomic stability, social security, public order, and improving people’s livelihoods, especially in remote areas, ethnic minority regions, and among workers.

 Thank you very much, Comrade!

By Pham Tung, Khac Gioi - Translated by M.Nguyet, Thu Ha