Long An
HCMC's Mekong gateway—$10B+ cumulative FDI, 37 industrial parks planned (15,000 ha), H1 2024 $472M FDI, Japanese manufacturers clustering.
Long An serves as the gateway between Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta—47 kilometers from HCMC, bordering Cambodia to the north, and hosting over $10 billion cumulative FDI. The province plans 37 industrial parks and 59 industrial clusters across 15,000 hectares, positioning itself as southern Vietnam's emerging industrial hub.
H1 2024 attracted $472 million across 74 projects, including Yokorei's $52 million refrigerated warehouse in Ben Luc and Suntory Pepsico's $188 million plant in Duc Hoa. Japanese manufacturers—Sapporo, Inoac, Yokorei—cluster in Duc Hoa and Long Hau industrial parks. HCMC-Trung Luong Expressway and National Highways 1A, 50, and 62 connect districts to regional logistics networks.
The province occupies 4,500 km² with 1.38 million residents—low-cost land adjacent to Vietnam's largest metropolitan market. Duc Hoa I, Duc Hoa III-SLICO, and Phuc Long industrial parks attract food processing, cold storage, and light manufacturing seeking HCMC proximity without HCMC costs. By 2026, Long An tests whether Mekong gateway positioning can capture industrial overflow from saturated Dong Nai and Binh Duong markets.