Da Nang industrial zones in 2026: land status, managing board and wage region

Updated 2026-09-25

Since the 2025 provincial merger brought former Quang Nam province into Da Nang, the city's industrial zones have sat under two zone boards. This working inventory is for companies considering manufacturing in Vietnam: which Da Nang industrial zones still have land, which are full, which open later, which board manages each, and the minimum-wage region. Figures come from the zone boards' websites, the city's planning decision and portal, developer documents and press reports, checked on 23–25 September 2026. Each status carries its data date, from mid-2025 to September 2026, except where a row is marked undated. This is general public information, not an offer, a listing or a recommendation of any plot. For current land availability, prices and lease terms, contact the zone developer or the zone board directly. InTimeVisa is an independent private firm, not a government agency, and is not affiliated with the Da Nang authorities, including the two zone boards, or with any industrial-zone developer. We do not own or operate any industrial zone and do not act for any zone developer. We receive no commission or other benefit from any zone developer, or from any design-and-build firm we may introduce at your request.

Da Nang industrial zones at a glance (September 2026)

DSEZA (Da Nang Specific Economic Zones Authority) is the Management Board of Da Nang Hi-Tech Park and Industrial Zones; the Chu Lai OEZ Board is the Chu Lai Open Economic Zone Management Board; IZ means industrial zone. "Land available" means the source reports unleased industrial land, not that a serviced plot of your size is free today. Rows marked "(to confirm)" rest on conflicting, undated, older or press-only sources. Where a zone spans areas in different wage regions, the wage column shows the region with the highest minimum wage, which applies to every employer in the zone (Decree 293/2025/ND-CP, Article 3(3)(c)).

What changed in 2025: one city, two zone boards

Since the merger, Da Nang has two zone boards, both government agencies under the city People's Committee. For a plot inside an industrial zone, which board takes your investment dossier depends on whether the plot lies inside the Chu Lai Open Economic Zone. That zone covers about 27,040 ha of former Nui Thanh, Tam Ky and Thang Binh (Decision 1737/QĐ-TTg of 13 December 2018, Article 1(1)); communes such as Thang Dien contain zones on both sides of its boundary, so the board is identified plot by plot, not by commune name. Projects outside industrial zones, hi-tech parks and economic zones go to the Department of Finance, and projects partly inside and partly outside a zone follow Article 27(3) of Investment Law 143/2025/QH15.

• DSEZA manages the Hi-Tech Park, the zones of former Da Nang, the IT park and the free-trade zone. Since 18 August 2025 (Decision 1012/QĐ-UBND; scope restated in Decision 2965/QĐ-UBND of 12 December 2025, Regulation Article 1(1)) it also manages the former Quang Nam zones outside Chu Lai, such as Dien Nam – Dien Ngoc, Dong Que Son and Thuan Yen.
• The Chu Lai OEZ Board, set up by Decision 2609/QĐ-TTg of 28 November 2025, registers investment projects in the economic zone, appraises the feasibility studies that fall to the city-level construction authority and issues construction permits for works there that need one (Decision 809/QĐ-UBND of 6 March 2026, Regulation Article 2(8)(g) and (i)).

How location affects corporate income tax incentives

An ordinary industrial zone is no longer an independent basis for a new project to receive a corporate income tax (CIT) incentive. CIT Law 67/2025/QH15 (Article 12(3), in force 1 October 2025) lists as preferential locations: areas with difficult or especially difficult socio-economic conditions, economic zones, hi-tech parks, hi-tech agricultural zones and concentrated digital-technology zones. A new factory's incentive therefore depends on its sector, the commune, the zone type, its scale and any transitional rights.

• Hi-Tech Park: for income from a new project, the base incentive is a 10% rate for 15 years, with exemption for up to 4 years and a 50% reduction for up to the following 9 years, if the conditions are met (Law 67/2025/QH15 as amended by Law 133/2025/QH15, Articles 13(1)(d) and 14(1)(a)). The rate period counts from the first year the new project has revenue; the exemption and reduction count from the first year it has taxable income, or from the fourth year if it has none in its first three years of revenue. Where a qualifying certificate, such as hi-tech enterprise status, is issued later, the periods count from the year of issue (Articles 13(7) and 14(4), as amended). The two periods are therefore not added together. Separately, from 1 July 2026 some incentives follow the company's certified status rather than its location: 10% for 25 years for group-1 hi-tech enterprises, strategic-technology enterprises and qualifying R&D centres, and 17% for 10 years for certified high-tech-product manufacturers (Law 67/2025/QH15, Articles 12(2)(e1)–(e2), 13(1a) and 13(4)(d), added by Law 133/2025/QH15, Article 25(7), in force 1 July 2026). The older 10% rate for 30 years that Decree 04/2018/ND-CP gave projects of VND 3,000 billion or more does not apply automatically to a new project in 2026.
• Free-trade zone: Resolution 136/2024/QH15, as amended by Resolution 259/2025/QH15, sets its own CIT and land-rent incentives; what a project receives depends on sector, income type, location and conditions.
• Chu Lai Open Economic Zone: economic zones are preferential locations. A new project in an economic zone that lies in an area with difficult or especially difficult socio-economic conditions qualifies for 10% for 15 years, with exemption for up to 4 years and a 50% reduction for up to the following 9 years; otherwise it qualifies for 17% for 10 years, with exemption for up to 2 years and a 50% reduction for up to the following 4 years, if the conditions are met (Law 67/2025/QH15, Articles 13(1)(d), 13(4)(c), 14(1) and 14(2)). The commune and the sector therefore both matter.
• Existing projects: incentives granted under earlier rules can continue for the remaining period if the transitional conditions are met (Law 67/2025, Article 20(1)).

Minimum-wage regions by location

Decree 293/2025/ND-CP (in force 1 January 2026) sets the minimum wage by region and assigns each Da Nang ward and commune to one (Article 3(1) and the Appendix, item 21). The monthly minimum is VND 4,730,000 in Region II, VND 4,140,000 in Region III and VND 3,700,000 in Region IV. The wards and communes of former Da Nang, including those of the Hi-Tech Park, Hoa Khanh, Lien Chieu and Hoa Cam, are Region II, as are the wards of former Tam Ky and Hoi An and Tan Hiep commune, including Ban Thach ward, where Thuan Yen lies. The listed communes and wards of former Dien Ban (including Dien Ban Dong ward), Que Son, Thang Binh, Phu Ninh, Dai Loc and Nui Thanh are Region III. Communes the decree does not list, such as those of former Hiep Duc, are Region IV. These rates and the list of areas apply from 1 January 2026. A draft decree would change the rates and may move some Da Nang areas to a higher region from 1 January 2027; it is not yet law, so check the text in force when you budget labour costs.

Where an industrial zone, export-processing zone, hi-tech park or concentrated digital-technology zone spans areas in different regions, every employer in it applies the region with the highest minimum wage among them, whichever ward or commune its own plot is in (Article 3(3)(c)). Point (c) does not name economic zones, so land in the Chu Lai Open Economic Zone that lies outside an industrial zone, like any other site outside such zones, follows the ward or commune where the employer operates (Article 3(3)(a)); a branch follows the area where the branch operates (Article 3(3)(b)).

According to its developer CIZIDCO, Tam Thang IZ lies in former Binh Nam commune (former Thang Binh district) and former Tam Thang commune (former Tam Ky city). Under Resolution 1659/NQ-UBTVQH15 of 16 June 2025 (Article 1(16) and (51)) these are now part of Ban Thach ward (Region II) and Thang Truong commune (Region III), so every employer in the zone applies Region II: VND 4,730,000 a month or VND 22,700 an hour. Tam Thang 2 IZ also spans Ban Thach ward and Thang Truong commune (city plan, Decision 773/QĐ-UBND of 28 February 2026, Appendix II; the zone's environmental licence), so Region II applies to the whole zone. For Tam Thang Expansion 2, the investment decision and the land lease place the zone wholly in Thang Truong commune (Region III), but the city plan also lists Ban Thach ward; if any part lies in Ban Thach, Region II applies to the whole zone. Former Binh Lanh is now part of Dong Duong commune (Region III) and former Binh Lam part of Viet An commune (Region IV) (Resolution 1659/NQ-UBTVQH15, Article 1(54) and (85)). The city plan places Binh Lam – Binh Lanh in both communes, so the whole zone would be Region III; the zone's own plan still awaits the city's opinion.

Questions to ask any zone developer before you sign

The two land questions turn on Land Law 31/2024/QH15 (consolidated text 44/VBHN-VPQH of 16 March 2026) and decide whether the land-use right itself can secure a bank loan. The other two affect your permits and schedule. The questions are the same for every zone and only point to the published rules; they are not an assessment of any plot, developer or lease. This is general information, not advice on your lease or real-estate financing; for advice on your own case, use a law firm or a real-estate consultancy that meets the legal conditions.

• Is this a sub-lease of land in line with our approved investment project, or a lease of a ready-built factory? The Land Law does not bar a land-use-right certificate in your company's name for land sub-leased from the developer in line with an investment project approved by the competent authority (Article 151(1)(c)), subject to the normal registration and certificate conditions. Renting a ready-built factory is a lease of an industrial building (Real Estate Business Law 29/2023/QH15, Articles 5(2) and 44(1)(e)), which that law treats separately from a sub-lease of serviced land (Article 44(1)(h)).
• Do you hold this plot from the State on a one-time lease payment, and can we pay our rent upfront for the whole term? Both are needed before your company can mortgage the land-use right itself at a credit institution licensed in Vietnam (Articles 202(3) and 202(5)(a); for a foreign-invested company, Article 43(2)(a), referring to Article 33(1)(đ)). With annual rent, your company can mortgage its own attached assets but not the land-use right (Article 202(5)(b); for a foreign-invested company, Article 43(2)(b), referring to Article 34(1)(b)).
• Does the zone's infrastructure hold an approved EIA or environmental licence, and can our treated wastewater go to the zone's central treatment plant?
• How much of the remaining land has infrastructure, and when does the zone's own land term end?

How the permits line up after you pick a site

The periods below are statutory processing times counted from a complete, valid dossier (the ERC from receipt of the dossier). Preparing, legalising and correcting documents takes additional time, so treat them as legal limits, not delivery dates.

• Investment and company: the zone board must decide on the Investment Registration Certificate (IRC) within 10 working days where no in-principle approval is needed and the statutory conditions are met (Decree 96/2026/ND-CP, in force 31 March 2026, Article 39(3)). The Department of Finance's business registration office has 3 working days for the Enterprise Registration Certificate (ERC) (Enterprise Law 59/2020/QH14, Article 26(5)). For a company whose head office is in the Hi-Tech Park, DSEZA issues both.
• Environment: Resolution 66.19/2026/NQ-CP (in force 18 May 2026 to 28 February 2027; Appendix IX, Part A, Section VI(1)) takes a project inside an industrial zone off the EIA list if the zone's infrastructure already holds an approved EIA or environmental licence. A city-level environmental licence, where one is needed, has a limit of 30 days, or 15 days where the investor asks for online processing and none of the project's waste-treatment works needs trial operation (Circular 02/2022/TT-BTNMT, Article 18b, added by Circular 09/2026/TT-BNNMT). Because Resolution 66.19/2026/NQ-CP is temporary and can be replaced early, we check each filing against the rules in force on the day it is submitted.
• Feasibility study and construction permit: where state appraisal is required, the zone board normally reviews the feasibility study in 12–25 working days depending on project group and structure grade; the period can be extended once and restarts if the dossier must be resubmitted (Decree 217/2026/ND-CP, in force 1 July 2026, Articles 36(5) and 37). Structures in a project whose feasibility study was appraised by the construction authority and then approved are exempt from a construction permit (Construction Law 135/2025/QH15, general effective date 1 July 2026, Article 43(2)(e)). Other grounds exist; a zone's 1/500 detailed plan is not one of them.
• Fire safety: where a building is on the fire-police appraisal list (for example, a class C production building from 15,000 m³ or 2,000 m² of floor area, counted for a single building rather than summed across the project), the police appraise its fire-safety equipment and systems (including fire-alarm, fire-fighting, emergency-lighting and evacuation-signage systems) and its fire-safety electrical systems within 6 working days (10 days for works in a project, whatever its funding, that meets the criteria for a project of national importance or Group A under the public-investment law), and construction may not start until that appraisal is issued. The police acceptance inspection was suspended from 1 July 2026 (Government Resolution 66.18/2026/NQ-CP) and then removed from Decree 105/2025/ND-CP by Decree 347/2026/ND-CP, in force 15 September 2026, although Article 18 of Fire Law 55/2024/QH15 has not been amended. The investor now carries out its own fire-safety acceptance, is responsible for the result and declares the building on the national fire-safety database before operation. An industrial building of grade II or above is a work with a major impact on public safety (Decree 217/2026/ND-CP, Appendix IV), so the construction authority must also inspect the investor's acceptance and approve it in writing before the building is used (Construction Law 135/2025/QH15, Article 57(4); Decree 207/2026/ND-CP, Articles 25 and 29(2)); where that authority appraised the fire-safety design with the feasibility study, this inspection covers fire safety (Law 55/2024/QH15, Article 18(4) and (5)(a)). The authority decides which buildings fall into this group, based on their grade and design. Operating before then can lead to fines and a suspension of operations.
• Special investment procedure: a qualifying zone project that elects it (Investment Law 143/2025/QH15, in force 1 March 2026, Article 28) skips construction and fire-safety approval procedures. In return the investor commits to the applicable standards and technical regulations and, at least 30 days before construction starts, sends a commencement notice to the local construction-order authority and the zone board, together with an economic-technical report it has prepared, appraised and approved itself and a verification report on structural safety, environmental protection and fire safety from a qualified organisation or individual (Investment Law 143/2025/QH15, Article 28(3); Decree 96/2026/ND-CP, Article 49(4)). The project remains subject to inspection and penalties.
• Design, project management, supervision and construction are contracted directly between you and firms that meet the capability requirements of Vietnam's Construction Law. As your authorised representative, we prepare and file the investment, enterprise, environmental and fire-safety dossiers, and compile and submit the feasibility-study appraisal, fire-safety design appraisal and construction-permit (or commencement-notice) dossiers whose technical content your qualified consultants produce.