Dong Nai moves towards smart industrial development

Investing in industrial park (IP) infrastructure has been a strategic focus for Dong Nai for decades, cementing its position as a leading hub for modern industrial development. Today, Dong Nai’s infrastructure developers are not only expanding within the province but are also reaching out to nationwide markets.

Following the success of Ho Nai Industrial Park, Ho Nai Industrial Park Joint Stock Company is investing in the development of Ham Kiem 2 Industrial Park in Lam Dong province. Photo: Vuong The

Alongside major national infrastructure projects in the area, Dong Nai remains a key locality for attracting manufacturing enterprises to invest, driving strong demand for industrial land. This endeavor creates opportunities for the locality to call for and attract DNs interested in investing in industrial park and cluster infrastructure.

Enterprises expand infrastructure investment scale

Ho Nai IP Joint Stock Company is the investor of the Ho Nai IP Project in Dong Nai. To date, this IP has attracted 130 investors, including over 70 foreign-invested enterprises, with a total registered capital of over 1 billion USD. Production and business activities here have created stable jobs for about 18,000 workers, contributing significantly to the local industrial production value, budget, and economic growth.

Based on the model in Dong Nai, Ho Nai IP Joint Stock Company has gradually expanded its IP infrastructure investment activities outside the province. In 2025, the enterprise officially took over and invested in 2 new IPs totaling nearly 1,000 hectares in other localities. These include Ham Kiem 2 IP with an area of 431 hectares in Ham Kiem commune, Lam Dong province, and Lam Son - Sao Vang IP with an area of 537 hectares in Sao Vang commune, Thanh Hoa province.

According to Nguyen Cong Dinh, General Director of Ho Nai IP Joint Stock Company, Ho Nai IP is currently investing in the construction of phase 2 infrastructure to support the goal of attracting investment into the province. In addition, the company is proactively seeking new development sites in areas with strong demand for industrial land and investment potential to expand its ecosystem and meet the needs of enterprises expanding production outside traditional industrial centers.

Similarly, Industrial Park Development Corporation (Sonadezi) is the largest IP infrastructure investor in Dong Nai, with many member companies that have operated, and continue to operate, numerous large IPs inside and outside the province. Given Dong Nai province's size, according to Sonadezi leaders, the corporation is also aiming to invest in the North Dong Nai area (formerly Binh Phuoc province), in addition to investing in IPs in traditional areas. Sonadezi and its member companies have surveyed and sought investment opportunities in communes and wards such as Tan Loi, Tan Khai, Dong Phu, Chon Thanh, Minh Hung, among others.

In addition to Vietnamese infrastructure developers, Dong Nai also has other investors in industrial land infrastructure projects, such as Amata from Thailand and Long Duc Investment Co., Ltd. (Japanese-invested), creating greater diversity and distinct segments of land and factory infrastructure suited to the needs of secondary enterprises.

Calling for investment in dozens of industrial parks and clusters

As existing industrial land available for enterprises and secondary project investors is gradually being filled, the Dong Nai Provincial People’s Committee issued Document No. 2210/UBND-KTN on February 10, listing priority projects calling for investment in 2026. The province is calling for investment in many projects in public infrastructure, transport infrastructure, tourism, healthcare, education, sports, industrial park infrastructure, high technology, biotechnology, commercial services, and residential area infrastructure.

Alongside attracting investment in industrial park infrastructure, Dong Nai is also calling for 18 industrial cluster infrastructure investment projects: Song Trau, Phu Tuc, Quang Trung 1, Quang Trung 2, Phu Vinh, Vinh An, Road 25, Hang Gon, 52.8-hectare area in An Vien commune, Long Giao, Phu Binh, Phuoc Binh, Song Be Rubber, Phuoc Thien, Thuan Phu, Bu Nho 1, Tan An 2, Vinh Tan.

Regarding industrial land development, Dong Nai is inviting investment in 14 projects for industrial park infrastructure, digital technology zones, and high-tech zones. In addition to attracting investment to large industrial parks in the vicinity of Long Thanh International Airport, such as Xuan Que - Song Nhan Industrial Park, Bau Can - Tan Hiep Industrial Park, or Long Thanh Concentrated Information Technology Zone (Long Thanh Digital Technology Zone), the province will also develop new industrial parks such as Dinh Quan Phase 2, Tuc Trung, Xuan Hoa, Minh Hung, among others.

In the future, with a series of key regional and national infrastructure projects completed and put into use, experts believe Dong Nai will become highly attractive to businesses. Therefore, this is a promising area for businesses and industrial park infrastructure investors to seize investment opportunities and meet strong demand for land leases from manufacturing enterprises.

According to Nguyen Kim Long, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Dong Nai is on a roadmap to transform existing industrial parks into green, ecological industrial parks; at the same time, integrating the establishment of new ecological industrial parks by 2030, with a vision to 2050. The province's goal is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, leading the way in integrating digital transformation and green transformation to promote sustainable economic growth based on innovation, enhance global competitiveness, and become a model for smart, climate-adaptive industrial development in Dong Nai and across the country.

By Vuong The – Translated by Mai Nga, Minho