Scientific workshop gathers opinions on the draft History of the Party Committee of Dong Nai province

On October 24, the Steering Committee for the compilation of The History of the Party Committee of Dong Nai province 1930–2025 (Revised and Supplemented Edition) held its second scientific workshop to collect opinions on Volume II of the draft History of the Party Committee of Dong Nai province (Revised and Supplemented Edition). The workshop was chaired by comrade Thai Bao, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee’s Organization Commission, Secretary of the Party Committee of Dong Nai Provincial Party Agencies, and Deputy Head of the Steering Committee.

Comrade Thai Bao, Deputy Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee and Head of the Provincial Party Committee’s Organization Commission, delivers remarks at the workshop. Photo: Huy Anh

Among the attendees were comrade Phan Van Trang, former Secretary of the Bien Hoa Provincial Party Committee during the resistance war against the United States and former Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee (5th tenure); comrade Tran Van Tu, former Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee (10th tenure); together with former and current leaders of the Provincial Party Committee’s Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilisation, the Provincial Party Committee’s Inspection Commission, and the Provincial School of Politics, as well as scientists from both inside and outside the province.

Former Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee Phan Van Trang speaks at the workshop. Photo: Huy Anh

Delegates attend the workshop. Photo: Huy Anh

In his directive speech at the workshop, comrade Thai Bao stated that: in implementation of Plan No. 400-KH/TU dated October 14, 2020, issued by the Provincial Standing Party Committee on the compilation of The History of the Party Committee of Dong Nai Province 1930–2020 (Revised and Supplemented Edition), after a period of careful and rigorous research, the Steering Committee of The History of the Provincial Party Committee had organized the first scientific workshop to gather opinions on the draft History of the Party Committee of Dong Nai province (Revised and Supplemented Edition) on November 22, 2022. On December 29, 2022, the Provincial Party Secretary and Head of the Steering Committee of The History of the Provincial Party Committee issued Conclusion No. 336-KL/TU at the first scientific workshop to gather opinions on the draft History of the Party Committee of Dong Nai province (Revised and Supplemented Edition). Pursuant to this conclusion, the Head of the Editorial Board for the History of the Provincial Party Committee directed its members to collect additional source materials, review existing content, and incorporate new information into the draft of The History of the Party Committee of Dong Nai Province 1930–2020 (Revised and Supplemented Edition)

Nguyen Thi Hong Trang, M.A., Provincial Party Committee Member, Deputy Head of Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee's Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilisation, delivers remarks at the workshop. Photo: Huy Anh

During the process of collecting materials, several historical documents required consultation with central agencies, which had not yet provided their feedback. Therefore, on August 8, 2023, the Provincial Standing Party Committee issued Official Dispatch No. 5638-CV/TU, temporarily suspending the compilation of The History of the Party Committee of Dong Nai province 1930–2020 (Revised and Supplemented Edition).

Dr. Huynh Ngoc Dang, Vice President of the Ho Chi Minh City Association of Historical Sciences, speaks at the workshop. Photo: Huy Anh

However, on May 7, 2025, the Central Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilisation issued Official Dispatch No. 737-CV/BTGDVTW, guiding the compilation of Party history at all levels to ensure continuity amid the restructuring of the political system, administrative units, and the two-tier local government model. Accordingly, the research and compilation of The History of the Party Committee of Dong Nai Province must continue to comprehensively document the province’s leadership journey from 1930 to 2025.

Dr. Nguyen Dinh Thong, Vice President of the Ho Chi Minh City Association of Historical Sciences, speaks at the workshop. Photo: Huy Anh

To date, the Editorial Board has completed the collection of source materials, particularly original documents and accounts from historical witnesses, and finalized the section covering the 2020–2025 period, thereby producing the third draft of The History of the Party Committee of Dong Nai Province 1930–2025 (Revised and Supplemented Edition)

At the workshop, the Steering Committee for the compilation of The History of the Party Committee of Dong Nai Province 1930–2025 sought opinions from former Provincial Party Secretaries, former Deputy Secretaries, former members of the Provincial Standing Party Committee, as well as experts, scientists, historians, and cultural researchers from both within and outside the province. Discussions focused on Volume II, which covers the period from 1975 to 2020, as well as the additional section on the 11th Provincial Party Congress term (2020–2025). The feedback will be used to refine the structure, content, and presentation of the draft before submission to the Steering Committee and subsequent review by the Institute of Party History at the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA).

Accordingly, at the workshop, former provincial leaders, former members of the Provincial Standing Party Committee, and scientists contributed additional materials (covering the 1975–2020 period) on the leadership and direction of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee in various areas, namely politics, economy, culture and society, national defense and security, and Party building, during the process of economic recovery, post-war reconstruction, and the mobilization of human and material resources to safeguard the Fatherland during the Southwestern and Northern border wars.

Tran Quang Toai, M.A., Chairman of the Dong Nai Provincial Historical Sciences Association, speaks at the workshop. Photo: Huy Anh

Contributors also provided new materials on the leadership process in implementing industrialization and modernization, the development of industrial zones and clusters, the attraction of domestic and foreign investment, rural electrification, and forest closure policies in Dong Nai province. The presentation also highlighted key achievements and experiences, as well as existing limitations and challenges.

Delegates attend the workshop. Photo: Huy Anh

At the same time, comments were sought on the research contents covering the 2020–2025 period, along with additional materials on the process of leading the implementation of the National Target Program on New Rural Development, as well as on the achievements, experiences, limitations, and challenges encountered during this process.

By Phuong Hang – Translated by Thu Hien, Minho