Dong Nai is regarded as the country’s “industrial hub,” with 58 industrial parks already established. According to the approved master plan through 2030, the province will have a total of 89 industrial parks. To achieve sustainable development, Dong Nai is making efforts to transform existing industrial parks and invest in new ones following a green, ecological, and circular industrial park model.
One of the 12 centralized wastewater treatment plants at industrial parks and clusters within the Sonadezi system.
Green Industry as an Inevitable Trend
Under the industrial park development master plan for the 2021–2030 period, with a vision to 2050 approved by the Prime Minister, Dong Nai Province will have 89 industrial parks, one high-tech park, and one economic zone.
To date, 58 industrial parks have been established in Dong Nai, attracting more than 2,760 investment projects from 45 countries and territories with nearly USD 37 billion in registered capital, as well as 835 domestic projects with a total investment of VND 171 trillion.
Mr. Nguyen Trong Tien, Deputy Head of the Dong Nai Industrial Parks and Economic Zones Authority, stated that the locality has identified its focus as economic development associated with environmental protection, efficient use of resources, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, ensuring social equity, and achieving the Net Zero target by 2050. The Resolution of the 1st Provincial Party Congress for the 2025–2030 term also sets the overarching goal of building Dong Nai into a green, prosperous, civilized, and modern province. The development of ecological and green industrial parks is increasingly becoming a key criterion for investors pursuing sustainable development.
As one of the country’s leading industrial park infrastructure developers, Sonadezi Industrial Park Development Corporation is currently operating 12 industrial parks and clusters in Dong Nai, Lam Dong, and Ho Chi Minh City, and is promoting investment procedures for a new industrial park in Khanh Hoa Province. After 36 years of industrial park development, Sonadezi has attracted nearly 1,000 domestic and foreign enterprises, with total investment capital of approximately USD 12 billion and more than VND 30 trillion.
Sonadezi’s leadership said the corporation will accelerate the upgrading of existing industrial parks in line with sustainable development standards, while investing in and developing new projects based on smart, clean, green ecological industrial park models. Sonadezi is also adjusting its investment attraction strategy to prioritize next-generation FDI, thereby contributing to the effective implementation of the Resolution of the 1st Dong Nai Provincial Party Congress for the 2025–2030 term, which sets forth the goal: “Develop industry with the core focus on attracting strategic, next-generation investors; filling existing industrial parks and continuing to attract investment into potential industrial parks, prioritizing high-tech industries, green industries, and supporting industries.”
In addition, the Sonadezi system will deploy new technologies in smart industrial park management; continue to improve quality and promote the greening of auxiliary products and services for industrial parks such as urban areas, port services, waste and industrial wastewater treatment, clean water supply for production, and step up training in technology and digital transformation fields.
Robots used in the manufacturing process at a factory in Bien Hoa 2 Industrial Park operated by Sonadezi.
This year, 2026, marks the 30th anniversary of Aqua Vietnam Electrical Appliances Co., Ltd. operating at Bien Hoa 2 Industrial Park, the country’s first industrial park developed and invested in by Sonadezi. The company has just announced an extension of its factory operations in Bien Hoa 2 Industrial Park until 2045, with a total extended investment capital of nearly VND 1,540 billion.
Aqua Vietnam’s leadership shared that the extension of investment and increase in capital is an affirmation of the company’s commitment to accompanying and helping create a convenient, smart, and sustainable future. Currently, many robots are applied in the company’s factories to replace certain tasks previously performed by humans, thereby increasing productivity. At the same time, green-oriented production that meets increasingly high environmental standards is being implemented at the enterprise.
Amata Industrial Park is one of the country’s first four industrial parks selected to pilot the development of green, ecological industrial parks since 2020. One of the criteria for achieving ecological industrial park status is the proportion of renewable energy use. According to Mr. Nguyen Huu Nghi, Deputy Director of Amata Bien Hoa Urban Joint Stock Company, Amata Industrial Park is applying solutions to reduce electricity consumption, save energy, and develop renewable energy. Regarding rooftop solar power systems, 14 factories have currently installed systems with a total capacity of 18,000 kWp, helping reduce pressure on the power grid and gradually realize the goal of sustainable development and transition to an ecological industrial park model.
For Sustainable Development
During the 2021–2030 period, Dong Nai Province is upgrading existing industrial parks and building new ones in an ecological, green, and circular direction. With a vision to 2050, green economy and circular economy will become the main pillars, completing the Net Zero target. In the investment attraction process, Dong Nai selects industries capable of meeting industrial symbiosis criteria, ensuring the ability to link, exchange, and efficiently utilize resources, energy, and waste among enterprises within industrial parks.
Long Thành Industrial Park has attracted many well-known FDI corporations.
According to Mr. Nguyen Kim Long, Standing Vice Chairman of the Dong Nai Provincial People’s Committee, in recent years the locality has focused on transforming existing industrial parks and investing in new ones under green, ecological models. This affirms Dong Nai’s transition in the right direction—from a labor-intensive “workshop” to a high-tech industrial and supporting-industry center of the southern region.
Researching, reviewing, and identifying opportunities for transformation under green and ecological industrial park models aims to create momentum for economic growth and contribute to Dong Nai’s socio-economic development toward green, sustainable growth. However, the implementation of “greening” industrial parks faces many difficulties and requires close coordination among departments and sectors to ensure accuracy, fairness, and effectiveness, thereby creating the most favorable environment for enterprises to develop.
A representative of the Department of Sectoral Finance and Economics (Ministry of Finance) noted that in the context of Vietnam’s strong implementation of commitments to green growth and energy transition—especially toward the Net Zero target by 2050—the development of clean energy associated with green industrial park systems has been identified as an important pillar. Industrial parks are not only drivers of economic growth but also key spaces to promote energy efficiency, reduce emissions, and attract high-quality investment capital.
In reality, in recent times, the implementation of green industrial parks has continued to face many challenges, ranging from synchronizing plans such as energy planning and industrial park development planning to mobilizing and allocating financial resources, particularly capital from the private sector. This requires the involvement of relevant ministries, sectors, local authorities, and businesses to remove obstacles.
