TOWARDS THE DONG NAI PROVINCIAL PARTY CONGRESS FOR THE 2025-2030 TERM AND THE 14TH PARTY CONGRESS Developing Dong Nai culture within a regional vision

Dong Nai is the center of cultural and historical diversity, gathering many ethnic groups. Integrating and promoting the traditional cultural strength and people here in a synchronous, comprehensive and profound way into the country's development process in the new era will not be limited to the local space but will aim for a large openness, contributing to spreading the impulse and stimulating the whole region.

A corner of the art space "New Day on Bom Bo Hamlet" held in March 2025, spreading the unique cultural beauty of the Stieng people in Dong Nai province. Photo: Dang Tien Dung

Early planning for heritage area development

Contributing ideas to the Draft Document to be submitted to the Dong Nai Provincial Party Congress for the 2025-2030 term, Associate Professor, Dr. Huynh Van Toi, former member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, former Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Dong Nai province, said: Cultural development thinking needs to be associated with regional vision, the most important purpose is to educate traditions, increase cultural values, and promote the beautiful image of the country and homeland.

Recommending the Provincial Party Committee to continue to direct the early planning of heritage area development, Associate Professor, Dr. Huynh Van Toi pointed out that in the past, Dong Nai has conducted separate research on each heritage value, but it has not been compatible with regional linkages. Now is the time to have enough conditions to form a linkage block in terms of infrastructure and festivals, creating a chain of heritages with spiritual tourism values ​​to serve tourists. For example, Bien Hoa area within a radius of only 3km along the Dong Nai river bank has up to 8 national relics of beliefs, architecture, history - culture; Cam My - Long Khanh relic area has 2 national treasures and the special national relic of Hang Gon megalithic tomb; the western region of the province has 5 special national relics...

With a passion for building traditional houses to preserve workers' heritage and industrial culture in Bien Hoa Industrial Park 1 after converting its function, Chairman of Dong Nai Historical Science Association Tran Quang Toai welcomed the provincial leaders' attention and orientation to include it in the new phase of the Provincial Planning, to have a worthy cultural "product" to preserve the tradition of "the arduous but heroic Eastern region" for the whole region.

Cultural development, people are the foundation

The process of building and perfecting this draft document shows that the content referring to the cultural field is more complete and dense in the later stages on the basis of seriously listening, absorbing and crystallizing the collective wisdom of all social classes. The Draft Political Report of the Provincial Party Executive Committee has pointed out the current limitation that cultural development is not on par with, not commensurate with, economic development. From there, it emphasizes the development perspective for the coming time: Developing culture, people are the foundation. Putting people in the center, as the subject, resource and goal of the development process. Preserving and promoting cultural and traditional values; improving the material and spiritual life of the people. Building Dong Nai people to develop comprehensively, friendly and affectionately.

Near large-scale entertainment service complexes and Dong Nai's many scenic spots are advantages for developing eco-tourism, resorts, combining nature conservation, and upgrading the value chain of cultural and tourism services.

Dr. Truong Minh Huy Vu , Director of Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies

The Draft Political Report identifies one of the elements in the general goal of economic development along with cultural development, associated with the key task of building a healthy cultural environment, preserving and promoting traditional cultural and historical values. To realize this goal, the draft proposes the main solution of developing culture, sports and tourism on par with economic development. Accordingly, building Dong Nai people to be comprehensively developed, friendly and affectionate. Effectively implementing the National Target Program on Cultural Development for the period 2025-2035. Building a system of cultural and sports institutions at the grassroots level that meet prescribed standards. Preventing and repelling the degradation of social ethics. Promoting the talents of artists, artisans and people. Developing cultural and sports products and services. Developing tourism into an important economic sector.

The destination is to build a civilized, loyal, dynamic, creative, integrated Dong Nai people, imbued with patriotic and humane traditions, strongly arousing love for family, homeland, and country, enhancing the will of self-reliance and the aspiration to develop a rich, democratic, civilized, and happy homeland and country.

The public and intellectuals expect that the correct, new, multi-dimensional ideas, suggestions for development, and enhancement of the cultural depth of the "hard-working but heroic Eastern region" in the new era will be seriously and responsibly integrated into the congress resolution. More importantly, it will be turned into practical actions, promptly removing "bottlenecks" in administrative management in this field (if any), making culture truly become a resource to promote the socio-economic development of the Southeast region, bringing Dong Nai province to develop green, rich, civilized, modern, striving to achieve the basic standards of a centrally-run city by 2030.

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Source: https://baodongnai.com.vn/van-hoa/202509/tien-toi-dai-hoi-dai-bieu-dang-bo-tinh-dong-nai-nhiem-ky-2025-2030-va-dai-hoi-xiv-cua-dang-phat-trien-van-hoa-dong-nai-dat-trong-tam-nhin-vung-bee25c8/