Dong Nai targets per capita GRDP of nearly 10,000 USD by 2030

Dong Nai’s per capita GRDP reached VND150.86 million in 2025, providing a solid foundation for the province to strive for over VND250 million (nearly 10,000 USD) in the 2026–2030 period.

Workers at Vietnam Precision Industrial Joint Stock Company (JSC), a Taiwan-invested firm, in Ho Nai Industrial Park (IP), Ho Nai ward. Photo: Ngoc Lien

To realize this growth target, the province has built a firm foundation across multiple dimensions, including economic scale and structure, synchronized infrastructure and urban development, an improved business environment, and enhanced human resource quality.

Economic momentum strengthens

By the end of 2025, Dong Nai’s economic landscape showed strong momentum, with GRDP reaching nearly VND678 trillion, up 9.63% compared to 2024. This achievement was driven by decisive leadership from the Provincial Party Committee and People’s Committee, along with coordinated efforts from departments, agencies, businesses, and localities.

Several sectors recorded notable results, particularly industry and construction, which remained the key growth driver, accounting for 56.54% of the economic structure. In 2025, this sector expanded by 11.52%, with industrial production alone rising 10.42%. Processing and manufacturing industries also posted positive growth, notably in textiles, footwear, and metal production, which saw increases ranging from 7.2% to over 20.7%.

These figures reflect a strong recovery among enterprises, supported by improved export orders and flexible, timely policy responses from both the Government and the province.

Modern production line at Vnines Innovation JSC in Giang Dien IP, Trang Bom commune, Dong Nai province. Photo: Ngoc Lien

Investment attraction continued to deliver impressive results, with total domestic investment reaching VND163 trillion and foreign direct investment (FDI) exceeding US$3.3 billion. These outcomes reaffirm Dong Nai’s position as a reliable and attractive destination for investors. Notably, state budget revenue surpassed the VND100 trillion mark for the first time, achieving 142% of the Prime Minister’s estimate and 134% of the Provincial People’s Council’s target.

Entering 2026, Dong Nai has moved decisively to implement policies and solutions to secure double-digit growth, backed by the engagement of the entire political system and strong determination across all levels of Government. In the first quarter of 2026, the province ranked seventh nationwide in GRDP growth and led the Southern region with a rate of 9.76%. Industry and construction remained the main drivers, expanding by 11.78% and exceeding the province’s growth scenario. During the same period, domestic investment reached over VND15.5 trillion, while FDI inflows exceeded US$1.1 billion. State budget revenue also maintained a positive trajectory, totaling nearly VND31 trillion, equivalent to 31% of the annual estimates assigned by both the Prime Minister and the Provincial People’s Council.

Compared to the same period in 2025, the economic structure continued to shift, reducing the share of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries while increasing that of industry and construction, with services and product taxes remaining relatively stable.

According to Cao Dang Vien, Head of the Dong Nai Statistics Office, these results stem from decisive leadership and coordinated implementation across sectors and localities. The province has mobilized resources to advance socio-economic development, infrastructure, and investment attraction, thereby sustaining growth momentum. Looking ahead, the anticipated transition to a centrally governed city is expected to provide an additional boost to economic expansion.

Foundation for long-term development

Under the adjusted Dong Nai Provincial Planning for 2021–2030, with a vision to 2050 approved on February 27, 2026, one of the key development orientations is to place people at the center, as both the driving force and ultimate goal of development.

The province aims to promote cultural values as a pillar of sustainable development while improving healthcare, living standards, and overall well-being. It also prioritizes education, training, and social security, following the principle that social welfare investment should precede economic growth. Creating a favorable living and working environment is seen as essential to attracting high-quality human resources, experts, and scientists, while ensuring inclusive development with no one left behind.

A view of Long Thanh Industrial Park. Photo: Cong Nghia

To translate these orientations into practice, Dong Nai has set specific human-centered development targets, most notably the growth of per capita GRDP. The province aims for an average annual GRDP growth rate of 10–12%, with per capita GRDP exceeding VND250 million by 2030.

However, achieving this target will require improvements across multiple indicators, including economic structure, urbanization, population scale, and the human development index. These targets must be consistently maintained over time, as reflected in the province’s strong socio-economic performance in the first quarter of 2026.

Speaking at a conference reviewing first-quarter performance and outlining tasks for the second quarter, Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Ut noted that Dong Nai’s socio-economic results remained positive, with several indicators surpassing the national average. Notably, the province recorded the highest economic growth in the Southern region.

During the 2023–2025 period, Dong Nai’s per capita GRDP rose steadily from VND73.84 million to VND86 million per year, consistently exceeding the national average, which ranged from VND59.48 million to VND71.02 million.

Despite these achievements, certain challenges remain. While economic growth has been relatively high, it has yet to fully meet the province’s 2026 growth scenario. In particular, public investment disbursement remains slow, and advisory work in some sectors has not met expectations.

To achieve double-digit growth, Chairman Nguyen Van Ut has called on relevant agencies to accelerate task implementation in the second quarter of 2026, especially in state budget collection and public investment disbursement. The province targets a disbursement rate of over 50% by the end of the second quarter.

At the same time, departments and localities are urged to further promote decentralization and delegation of authority to commune and ward levels to enhance administrative efficiency and support economic growth objectives.

These directives also reflect Dong Nai’s long-term development vision. Having largely met the criteria for becoming a centrally governed city, the province is striving toward a modern, civilized, and sustainable urban model, with high growth and ambitions to join Vietnam’s upper-income group in the years ahead.

By N.Lien – Translated by M.Nguyet, Minho