The Management Board of Export Processing and Industrial Zones of Ho Chi Minh City (HEPZA) aims to create a land fund of from 6,500 to 6,800 hectares in export processing and industrial zones for lease over the next five years to develop the industry.
The city expects to attract investment capital of about $20 to $21 billion, contributing to the city's goal of achieving double-digit economic growth.
The HEPZA has recently reported on the transition of operations in industrial and export processing zones, along with a selective investment attraction strategy for the upcoming period. The new investment attraction strategy focuses on high-tech projects with significant added value and strong spillover effects, such as semiconductors, biotechnology, renewable energy, data centers, and R&D. Particularly, projects that are less affected by tariffs, like software services and data centers, are prioritized.
The city aims to shift investment choice from "quantity attraction" to "quality selection," consistently prioritizing high-tech, modern projects that are less labor-intensive, knowledge-intensive, environmentally friendly, and capable of leading production chains, contributing to the transformation of the growth model.
HCM City currently has 105 industrial zones with a total area of over 49,200 hectares, of which 58 out of 66 established zones are operational, covering approximately 22,400 hectares.
As of October 27, the total investment capital attracted into the city's export processing and industrial zones reached $4.72 billion. In 2025, HEPZA aims to attract over $5 billion in investment in these zones, exceeding the annual plan by 13%.
Cumulatively, the city's export processing and industrial zones have 5,236 active investment projects, with a total registered investment capital of $75.57 billion. Among these, foreign-invested projects account for 3,081 projects with a combined registered capital of $56.49 billion (75% of total investment).
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