Leveraging the city’s special resources
With over 12,700 square kilometers, Dong Nai currently possesses the largest land fund in the Southern region and is the city with the largest natural area compared to other cities nationwide.
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A series of strategic transportation infrastructure projects are being implemented by Dong Nai to foster socio-economic development and effectively exploit land resources. In the photo: A corner of Nhon Trach Ward. Photo: Hoang Loc |
This is a particularly important resource, serving as the strategic foundation for socio-economic development and creating the momentum for the country's youngest city to expand its comprehensive and long-term development space.
Large Land Fund in a Strategic Location
Compared to other cities in Vietnam, Dong Nai stands out for its advantage in natural area. In addition to its large land fund, Dong Nai is situated in a strategic location as the gateway to the Southern Key Economic Zone, playing a connecting role between the Southern region, the Central Highlands, and the South Central Coast to open up a vast inter-regional development space.
The resonance between abundant land resources and a strategic location allows Dong Nai to favorably establish key development corridors, particularly the trade-logistics axis linked to Long Thanh International Airport. From here, industrial zones, urban areas, and agro-forestry production regions effectively connect with airports, seaports, and international border gates, contributing to enhanced competitiveness and promoting regional linkage.
By land-use purpose, agricultural land currently accounts for nearly 84% of Dong Nai's natural area. Within this, land for perennial crops represents a large proportion, concentrated in the North and East of the city. This is the core region for developing large-scale commodity agriculture, forming stable raw material areas for the processing industry and opening up room for high-tech agriculture and low-carbon agriculture linked to agricultural logistics chains.
Furthermore, Dong Nai is the locality with the largest forestry land area in the Southern region, featuring a system of world biosphere reserves, national parks, and nature-culture conservation areas... which play a vital role in protecting the ecosystem and regulating climate and water sources. Thanks to the advantage of large, seamless forests and the successful implementation of biodiversity conservation, Dong Nai is likened to the "green lung" of the region, creating potential for forest economy development, forest environmental services, and increased carbon sequestration capacity.
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Dự án khu đô thị tại phường Long Hưng, thành phố Đồng Nai đang trong giai đoạn hoàn thiện. Ảnh: Hoàng Lộc
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In the non-agricultural sector, Dong Nai’s expansive land bank and strategic location serve as a vital cornerstone for developing new urban areas, industrial hubs, and logistics services. This foundation is instrumental in the province's transition toward high-tech and clean industries, while simultaneously fostering commerce, services, and eco-tourism.
Dr. Ngo Viet Nam Sơn, Chairman of Ngo Viet Architects & Planners, noted that Dong Nai’s vast, contiguous land reserves and favorable geography provide a unique opportunity to restructure its urban space toward a modern, civilized, and sustainable model. According to Dr. Son, land is a "special resource" and a strategic pillar that will enable the locality to achieve a significant economic breakthrough.
Optimizing Land Resource Efficiency
Land is intrinsically linked to all socio-economic activities. Possessing a large land fund in prime locations allows Dong Nai to further expand industrial parks, develop sophisticated urban centers, and plan specialized high-tech agricultural zones—all while preserving and enhancing its forest cover. These factors are identified as key drivers for the province to emerge as a leading growth pole for the entire country.
Dong Nai City currently possesses a total natural area of over 12,700 square kilometers (equivalent to more than 1.27 million hectares). Of this total, agricultural land accounts for over 1 million hectares, non-agricultural land nearly 205,000 hectares, and the remainder is unused land. It is the locality with the largest land fund among 7 cities and ranks 9th out of 34 provinces and cities nationwide.
Dong Nai Deputy City Party Secretary Vo Tan Duc stated: Land is a special, irreplaceable means of production and a core foundation for agriculture and forestry; it serves as the strategic basis for organizing residential space and protecting the ecosystem. Given the requirements for transitioning growth models, the effective management, allocation, and utilization of this resource play a decisive role in directly creating development space and contributing to the prevention of waste and loss. It is essential to regularly review and address delayed projects, stagnant works, and vacant land, linking these to solutions that transform them into development resources. Land governance should move toward a modern direction based on digital data and technology; ensuring openness and transparency to control speculation and profiteering, and to limit the situation of inflating land prices.
Dong Nai Deputy City Party Secretary and Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Van Ut, during various working sessions with departments and sectors, also noted: For land to truly become a key resource, it is necessary to strictly and effectively implement approved plans, ensuring synchronization, stability, and a long-term vision. Enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of state management over land; strengthening openness, transparency, and strictly controlling stages including: land allocation, land leasing, and change of land use purposes. Stepping up administrative procedure reforms and removing bottlenecks in mechanisms and policies. Thereby, unblocking and effectively allocating land resources, creating momentum for sustainable development and improving growth quality.
Currently, the allocation and use of land in Dong Nai are linked to two main growth drivers. First, sustainable industrial development, focusing on attracting strategic and next-generation investors; filling existing industrial parks and developing potential ones, prioritizing high technology, green industry, and supporting industries. Second, service development with the core being a comprehensive service urban area linked to Long Thành International Airport, forming an aviation - logistics - trade - tourism ecosystem to effectively leverage the land fund and create spillover momentum for the locality and the entire region.
Regarding agricultural land, the city prioritizes development in a modern direction, promoting circular production models, high-tech applications, and organic agriculture. Meanwhile, the non-agricultural land fund will be prioritized for infrastructure such as transportation, energy, logistics, digital infrastructure, and sustainable urban areas.
The allocation and use of land are also linked to defense and security tasks, protecting unique cultural spaces to achieve the goals of harmonious and sustainable development.
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