The conference was attended by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to announce plans to push the province's GDP to 10 per cent per year, with per capita earnings reaching $14,650 by 2030.

Speaking at the conference, PM Chinh said, “Planning must ensure inheritance and development. A good plan will attract sound projects and investments, creating new opportunities and new values.”

Analysing the opportunities and competitive advantages of Dong Nai, the PM emphasised that Dong Nai is an important link in the southeast region, and a growth pole for the region and the country.

Dong Nai is also an important transport hub, with air, road, waterways, and railways, and diverse natural advantages, suitable for green and sustainable development.

“We need to promote public-private partnerships, using public investment to lead private investment, while continuing to promote investment in strategic infrastructure, especially transport, health, education, social infrastructure, and climate change response,” PM Chinh said.

In addition to those, the province needs to effectively promote the development of key industries, high-tech industries, and transforming industrial parks towards a green and circular economy.

With the withness of the PM, Dong Nai provincial leaders granted investment decisions and certificates to enterprises on September 24

Among the 17 projects to be granted investment certificates was Tan Hiep - Bau Can Industrial Park near Long Thanh International Airport, with the investment capital of more than $385.5 million.

Dong Nai also granted investment certificates for projects to manufacture optical equipment and instruments ($29 million), semiconductors for electronics applications ($54 million), and Regza Vietnam TV ($40 million).

In real estate, a social housing project in Long Binh Tan ward (Bien Hoa city) with an investment of $57.7 million and a social housing apartment complex project in Phuoc An commune (Nhon Trach district) with $83 million were also approved.

Thanks to its strategic location, Dong Nai is attracting investors in the industrial property field.

KCN Dong Nai JSC, a member of KCN Vietnam Group, was one of the enterprises that received an investment registration certificate at this conference. In addition to high-quality, pre-built factory and warehouse projects in Dong Nai, KCN Vietnam is investing in industrial real estate projects across the country.

According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, Dong Nai has the most operating industrial parks in the country with 32, and an occupancy rate of over 85 per cent.