Dong Nai City Culture – Great Unity Week 2026 to take place from November 18 to 24

A conference was held at the headquarters of the Dong Nai City People's Committee on October 20 to implement the plan for organizing Dong Nai City Culture – Great Unity Week 2026. The conference was conducted in a hybrid format, enabling both in-person and online participation from the city’s 95 communes and wards.

Huynh Thi Hang, Deputy Secretary of the CPC and Chairwoman of the city’s Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, delivers a directive speech at the conference. Photo: My Ny

The conference was co-chaired by Huynh Thi Hang, Deputy Secretary of the Dong Nai City Party Committee (CPC) and Chairwoman of the city’s Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, and Le Truong Son, Member of the CPC’s Standing Committee and Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee. Leaders of departments, boards, sectors, units, and localities also attended.

Le Truong Son, Member of the CPC’s Standing Committee and Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee, speaks at the conference. Photo: My Ny

At the conference, Le Thi Ngoc Loan, CPC Member and Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, presented the plan for organizing the week's activities. According to the plan, the event will take place from November 18 to 24 under the theme "Dong Nai – A Flow of Connections, A City Reaching Further." The highlight will be the opening ceremony on the evening of November 18, broadcast live from the City Square Park venue in Tran Bien Ward, with online connections to venues in Ta Lai and Bom Bo communes.

Le Thi Ngoc Loan, CPC Member and Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, presents the plan for organizing activities during Dong Nai City Culture – Great Unity Week. Photo: My Ny

A wide range of activities will be organized throughout the week, including the “Vietnamese Soul – Dong Nai Colors” cultural space and the “Vietnamese Kitchen – Dong Nai Flavors” culinary space; a seminar on green tourism in Dong Nai; an experience exploring Dong Nai's cultural heritage trail and opportunities to learn about handicrafts and One Commune One Product (OCOP) products; a fashion show highlighting the cultural values of Bien Hoa pottery; the 7th Dong Nai City Festival of Friendship Melodies; a film week; a book exhibition; and various cultural, artistic, and sporting activities in residential communities.

Representatives of departments, agencies, units, and localities reported on preparations for Dong Nai City Culture – Great Unity Week 2026 and offered recommendations on coordination among event organizers, overall stage design, and the allocation of spaces for participating entities.

Nguyen Tan Phu, Vice Chairman of the city’s Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, reports on the organization of activities at the conference. Photo: My Ny

In her directive speech, Huynh Thi Hang, Deputy Secretary of the CPC and Chairwoman of the city’s Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, commended departments, sectors, units, and localities for their proactive preparations for the week. She called on all units to strengthen coordination, specify tasks, and clearly assign responsibilities to ensure the week's activities are practical, safe and effective, avoiding ostentation and formalism.

She particularly emphasized that preparations for the opening ceremony and live broadcast connections must be carefully organized, inspected, and rehearsed, prioritizing representative activities that highlight Dong Nai's distinctive cultural identity. Activities throughout the week should contribute to strengthening the great national unity bloc, fostering closer ties between the government and the people, and making culture an endogenous resource for the city's development.

Representatives of departments, boards, sectors, units, and localities attend the conference. Photo: My Ny

Concluding the conference, Le Truong Son, Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee, urged agencies and units to fully incorporate the directives issued at the meeting, refine the content of activities, and promptly issue an implementation plan to ensure coordinated execution. He also requested that units and localities clearly identify key activities and actively mobilize the participation of the armed forces, schools, businesses, religious organizations, and local residents.

The Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee further asked the city’s Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee to mobilize religious organizations to coordinate in organizing activities in response to the week. In residential areas, appropriate competitions and cultural exchange activities should be organized to encourage broad public participation, thereby honoring Vietnamese cultural values and introducing and promoting the distinctive cultural values of Dong Nai City.

By My Ny – Translated by Minh Hong, Thu Ha