Entering 2026, Dong Nai carries a confident mindset as a locality endowed with a newly expanded development space and a wide range of impressive, comprehensive achievements in socio-economic development recorded in 2025.
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| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (front row, right) inspects the construction progress of the Bien Hoa – Vung Tau Expressway Project in December 2025. Photo: Cong Nghia. |
Regarding goals and vision, at the 1st Provincial Party Congress for the 2025–2030 term held in September 2025, Vu Hong Van (currently Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation) emphasized that the Dong Nai Party Organization does not pursue short-term achievements but instead adopts a long-term vision spanning decades. Along with well-structured and scientific provincial planning, the province will strive to mobilize resources to promote rapid, modern, synchronized and sustainable development, placing people and enterprises at the center of development.
A foundation of confidence
With decisive solutions, a strong commitment to action, and concrete results, Dong Nai’s economic growth (GRDP) in 2025 reached 9.63 percent, the highest level in the past eight years. Beyond that, state budget revenue hit a record high of over VND 100 trillion, far exceeding the target assigned by the Government. With increasingly synchronized and modern infrastructure, Dong Nai continues to emerge as a “magnet” attracting both domestic and foreign investment, with total registered capital exceeding USD 3.3 billion. At the same time, import–export activities continued to grow strongly, enabling the province to remain among the country’s leading localities in terms of export value.
Truong Thi Huong Binh, Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee and Director of the Department of Finance, said that under the close leadership and direction of the Provincial Party Standing Committee and People’s Committee, the finance sector is continuing to improve the investment and business environment by resolutely cutting cumbersome administrative procedures that hinder development. The sector is also enhancing its capacity to serve people and enterprises, with a strong focus on applying information technology and digital transformation in management, supervision and performance evaluation of each cadre and civil servant. In the new phase, the sector will take a more proactive role in investment attraction through synchronized solutions, thereby creating additional resources for the province to achieve sustained double-digit growth in the coming years.
Meanwhile, Member of the Provincial Party Committee and Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Ho Van Ha shared that just a few years ago, Dong Nai’s transport infrastructure was a major concern. Today, however, the province can take pride in having a full range of transport modes, including road, air, waterway, railway and seaport infrastructure, at modern to very modern levels. A prime example is the Long Thanh International Airport Project, which aims to become one of the world’s top 10 “five-star” airports. The airport is regarded as a new “gateway” connecting not only Dong Nai but also the entire Southeast region with the world.
“The spirit of action must be translated into concrete solutions and implemented seriously throughout the entire system. Each Party committee, each Party organization, each Party member, and each agency and unit—first and foremost the heads—must proactively shift from ‘correct awareness’ to ‘effective implementation’; from ‘high determination’ to ‘clear results’; and combine ‘direction and administration’ with ‘inspection, supervision and accountability’.”
Excerpt from the closing speech of Party General Secretary To Lam at the 14th National Party Congress
At the beginning of 2026, Dong Nai commenced construction of two strategic bridges connecting the province with Ho Chi Minh City, namely Long Hung and Cat Lai. Conversely, Ho Chi Minh City also simultaneously launched construction of another bridge, Phu My 2, linking the city with Dong Nai. In addition, the Ministry of Construction is directing efforts to accelerate the completion of the Phuoc Khanh cable-stayed bridge under the Ben Luc – Long Thanh Expressway Project. The province is also stepping up inter-regional transport connectivity in the northern part of the province following the merger of Binh Phuoc and Dong Nai, through new expressways with regional significance such as Gia Nghia – Chon Thanh, Ho Chi Minh City – Chon Thanh, and Ring Road 4 of Ho Chi Minh City.
Turning determination into action
At the signing ceremony of a cooperation agreement between the Dong Nai Provincial People’s Committee and the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City on January 29, Professor-Doctor Su Dinh Thanh, Chairman of the Scientific and Training Council of the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH), who has many years of experience in policy consultancy and review for the province, expressed strong optimism about Dong Nai’s double-digit growth target for 2026 and subsequent years. According to Su Dinh Thanh, in the new context, Dong Nai needs to fully leverage the mechanisms and policies issued by the central government, particularly special policy mechanisms, to further accelerate infrastructure development, which he described as the “backbone” for investment attraction and economic development.
Experts from the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City also noted that to achieve sustained double-digit growth driven by production capacity, Dong Nai must establish distinctive advantages in its investment and business environment. These advantages are entirely achievable. Therefore, the province should soon establish a free trade zone, accelerate the development of next-generation industrial parks, and form an ecosystem for aviation industry and logistics. In particular, with increasingly complete infrastructure, the province needs its own strategy to attract major global technology corporations in fields such as semiconductor manufacturing, artificial intelligence, data, aviation industry and high-speed rail industry, all of which must meet green standards and generate high added value.
Dong Nai’s targets for 2026:
Economic growth rate (GRDP): 10–10.5 percent.
GRDP per capita: Approximately USD 7,000–7,500.
Export turnover: Up by 11–12 percent compared to 2025.
Total state budget revenue: A 10 percent increase compared to 2025 (central government target: VND 104 trillion).
Total social development investment capital: Over VND 120 trillion.
Social housing: At least 3,500–4,000 units are expected to be completed and put into use.
Nguyen Huu Nguyen, Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Long Thanh commune Party Committee and Chairman of the commune People’s Council, said that as an important growth driver of the province, Long Thanh Commune is facing new opportunities to develop into a modern airport city. Accordingly, the commune is determined to take action, first of all, by focusing on raising awareness and strengthening the sense of responsibility among cadres and Party members to achieve unity in action and deliver concrete outcomes. Along with assigning tasks, the commune will intensify inspection and supervision, and is ready to replace cadres and civil servants who fail to fulfill their duties, ensuring that each department operates continuously and effectively, thereby improving satisfaction among people and enterprises.
Nguyen Kim Long, Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee and Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee, stated that although Dong Nai recorded many encouraging socio-economic achievements in 2025, the goals and tasks set for 2026 remain extremely demanding, requiring greater efforts of the entire political system from the provincial to the grassroots level. From the very beginning of 2026, the province must make full use of every day and every week to accelerate the progress of projects and works, speed up the disbursement of public investment capital, and at the same time unlock development resources through measures such as administrative reform to better serve people and enterprises, selective investment attraction, removal of bottlenecks facing long-delayed projects, and enhanced land auctions to generate additional investment resources.
By Cong Nghia – Translated by M.Nguyet, Thu Ha
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