Over 81 years of building, fighting, winning, and growth, the Vietnam People’s Army in general, and the armed forces of Dong Nai Province in particular, have consistently upheld solidarity, overcome hardships, and remained determined to successfully fulfill all assigned missions.

At around 8:40 a.m. on December 19, a Boeing 787 operated by Vietnam Airlines landed at Long Thanh Airport, marking the first official flight to the airport. The flight carried senior Party and State leaders attending the inauguration of several key facilities and the launch of Long Thanh Airport’s inaugural flight.

On December 19, a working delegation of the Provincial Party Committee, the People’s Council, the People’s Committee, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Dong Nai Province, led by Comrade Vu Hong Van, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, paid a visit and extended Christmas 2025 greetings at the Xuan Loc Bishopric (Long Khanh Ward).

After nearly six months of operating under the two-tier local government model, Dong Nai Province has basically ensured a sufficient contingent of officials, civil servants and public employees for its 95 communes and wards, meeting the requirements for handling administrative procedures for citizens from the very first days of the transition.

On the occasion of Christmas 2025, on the morning of December 18, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Ut visited and extended Christmas greetings at the Our Lady of Nui Cui Pilgrimage Center (Thong Nhat commune) under Xuan Loc Diocese.

In the ongoing mission of Party building and rectification, apart from major corruption cases, another “hidden enemy” is quietly eroding public trust — petty corruption and bureaucratic wastefulness.

On December 19, the Dong Nai Business Federation held a reception for Carolina Tinangon, Consul General of Indonesia in Ho Chi Minh City, along with members of her delegation, to discuss opportunities for business cooperation and to explore Dong Nai’s current economic strengths.

On December 18, at the Vietnam–Soviet Friendship Labour Cultural Palace in Hanoi, Politburo member, Secretary of the National Assembly (NA) Party Committee and Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man attended the 4th National Press Awards Ceremony on the NA and People’s Councils (Dien Hong Awards) 2026, themed “80 years of the Vietnamese National Assembly.”

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed that to make a substantive contribution to national development, the industry and trade sector must also achieve double-digit growth, generate new jobs, strengthen traditional growth drivers such as export and consumption, and accelerate emerging engines of growth, including the green, digital, circular, knowledge-based and sharing economies.

Consistently achieving high results among military academies and schools, the Youth Union members at the Army Officer Training College 2 (Nguyen Hue University) located in Dong Nai province, have affirmed their pioneering role and made significant contributions, fostering the increasingly robust development of the school’s mass movements.

On the afternoon of December 17, at the provincial Convention Center, the Dong Nai provincial People’s Committee holds a conference to assign socio-economic development plan targets and the state budget estimate for 2026.

On the morning of December 17, comrade Huynh Thi Hang, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Dong Nai province, chaired a briefing conference of the provincial mass mobilization bloc for the fourth quarter of 2025.

On the morning of December 18, Comrade Ton Ngoc Hanh, Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of the Provincial People’s Council, led a ceremony to offer incense and flowers in tribute to President Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese Heroic Mothers and fallen heroes at the Provincial Martyrs’ Cemetery (Long Binh Ward), on the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People’s Army (December 22, 1944 – 2025) and the 79th anniversary of the National Resistance Day (December 19, 1946 – 2025).

Following two days of urgent, serious and responsible deliberation, the 1st Congress of the Dong Nai Provincial Union of Science and Technology Associations (2025-2030 term) successfully concluded all of its agenda by noon on December 16.

As 2025 gradually draws to a close with significant historical milestones, the Dong Nai provincial Party organisation has demonstrated strong leadership in overcoming difficulties and successfully fulfilling the objectives set for the year, thereby creating fresh momentum and solid driving forces for the 2025–2030 term.