Dong Nai is located in the Southern Vital Economic Zone which has the best economic development of the country. During the last years, Dong Nai always has the economic development rate double than the average rate of the whole country. Every year, the development rate in industry, export, attracting FDI and domestic investment is also raise.
In the year 2006, GDP of Dong Nai makes up around 5.16% of the whole country GDP and approximate 11% of the whole southern vital economic zone. Especially, in the year 2007, Dong Nai has reach the highest GDP rate during the last 10 years: 15.1% compare with 8.5% of the whole country. Local GDP is around 2 billions (real price) and 658 millions US$. Average GDP of each people: 1.105 US$, 1.3 time higher than the average GDP of each people of the whole country (833 US$). The Dong Nai source of revenue reaches the number of 10.000 VND billions/year. The export rate makes up the rate 11% compare with the export rate of the whole country. Especially in the year 2007, Dong Nai has set a record in attracting 2.6 billions US$ of FDI, being the leading province of the country in attracting FDI, overcoming Ho Chi Minh City. Other economical-social targets in the year 2007 are also at high rate such as follows: 97% of households have power supply, 97% of urban households and 79% rural households have water; the rate of trained labor force is 36%; 70% of wards & communes have reached the national standard in public health, 56.7% of wards & communes has reached the standard of secondary compulsory education. The rate of poor households of the whole province is 6.8% compare with 14.8% of the whole country.
The economical and social contribution of Dong Nai province during last few years has the significant meaning with not only the southern vital economic zone but also the whole country, help to overcome solution of being the poor country of Vietnam, implementing the duty of industrialization and modernization our country.
The way of developing the economy and society of Dong Nai shall be optimistic in the future. Many big projects especially in the infrastructure has been and shall be deployed in Dong Nai, affect to the local and whole country development with the total investment capital up to billions US dollars. Vietnam Oil and gas groups has invested the thermo-electric plant in Nhon Trach I Industrial Zone with the capacity up to 450MW and continuously invested the second plant in Nhon Trach II Industrial Zone with the capacity up to 750MW. The other foreign investor shall invest the other thermo-electric plant in Nhon Trach Industrial Zone. Other big and important infrastructure projects which connect the local provinces shall be soon opened such as new Dong Nai bridge, new Hoa An bridge, Ho Chi Minh City – Long Thanh – Dau Giay highway total capital up to 1 billions VND, Dau Giay – Phan thiet expressway, especially the Long Thanh new international airport with the total investment capital up to 5 billions US dollars. The new Long Thanh international airport shall be the entrepôt airport of the Asian; the design capacity is 100 millions of people/year. According to the Decision of Prime Minister from the year 2010-2015, the new airport must be started construction and deployed.
