Bridge knowledge, spread reading culture

In 2025, Dong Nai Publishing House will be 45 years old (1980-2025). During its 45-year journey, Dong Nai Publishing House has not only carried out political and cultural development tasks, but also affirmed its role as a bridge of knowledge, contributing to improving people's knowledge and meeting people's cultural and spiritual needs.

Teacher Ngo Dinh Van Nhi (center) of Luong The Vinh High School for the Gifted introduces books to students of Ly Thuong Kiet Primary School (Bien Hoa city). Photo: L.Na

For the development of Dong Nai culture

Established on June 19, 1980, Dong Nai Publishing House was born in the context of the country's many difficulties, but from the very beginning, it has persistently followed the assigned tasks. Not only focusing on exploiting, compiling and publishing publications serving the propaganda and education of traditions, Dong Nai Publishing House is also a trusted address for readers when looking for the true values ​​of history, culture and people of Dong Nai in particular and the South in general.

Deputy Director of Dong Nai Publishing House Truong Van Tuan said that over the past 45 years, the biggest mark of Dong Nai Publishing House is the persistence in maintaining its principles and purposes of operation. In the period of 2020-2024 alone, Dong Nai Publishing House has produced more than 7,600 books and thousands of publications of all kinds, ensuring standard content, in the right direction, not indulged in commercialization, serving a large number of people across the country. Annual revenue always exceeds the target by 30-60% compared to the plan.

Director of Dong Nai Publishing House BUI THI LAM NGOC said that in the coming time, the unit will continue to develop a plan to expand the online book sales market, invest in equipment and machinery to apply technology in digital transformation of publishing activities, and move towards building an electronic publishing project, implementing and developing the e-book sector. Dong Nai Publishing House aims to build the unit into a publishing house with the capacity to operate at a regional level in the Southeast region.

In particular, Dong Nai Publishing House builds and publishes books ordered by the province every year with hundreds of books on politics , revolutionary history, cultural, scientific and artistic research works... Many sets of books have become precious heritages of Bien Hoa - Dong Nai, winning many national and ministerial awards on books, contributing to preserving precious traditional values. Typical books include the book series Dong Nai Geography ( 5 volumes) , Golden Memories, Choro People in Dong Nai, Complete Works of Ly Van Sam, General Vo Nguyen Giap with Dong Nai ...

To keep up with the development trend, Dong Nai Publishing House is gradually shifting to electronic publishing, making efforts to digitize rare documents, aiming to serve a diverse audience. The application of digital technology in publishing is considered an inevitable direction to spread the value of books in the era of national development. In addition, Dong Nai Publishing House constantly strengthens relationships with nearly 700 partners and authors across the country, creating a network of experienced collaborators, contributing to enriching the local and national knowledge treasure.

Keep the fire of knowledge burning, spread reading culture

Not only publishing, Dong Nai Publishing House also actively brings books closer to readers through various activities. These include organizing announcement and introduction ceremonies for new books; participating in book fairs, exhibitions, and book introductions in and outside the province; donating books to libraries and schools in remote areas.

Dong Nai Publishing House has a showroom, introducing hundreds of books on Dong Nai culture and history at the unit.

One of the good ways that many individuals and units in the province responded to is that the Publishing House cooperated and socialized children's books, giving them to students. Many comic books such as: Legend of the Country Dong Nai, Famous People of Dong Nai … have reached the hands of many young readers in Dong Nai. Thereby, improving knowledge, maintaining and fostering reading habits, spreading reading culture in the community .

Ms. Ngo Dinh Van Nhi, a teacher at Luong The Vinh High School for the Gifted (Bien Hoa City), shared: “The cooperation of parents with Dong Nai Publishing House to give books to students is a very practical and meaningful activity. Through historical and famous comic books, students are both entertained and learn about their hometown, history and local culture. This contributes to forming the habit of reading, arousing a passion for learning knowledge right from when they are still in school.”

According to Director of Dong Nai Publishing House Bui Thi Lam Ngoc, entering 2025 and the following years, the Publishing House will continue to consolidate and develop comprehensively in all aspects, in order to successfully complete the political and cultural tasks of Dong Nai. At the same time, diversifying types of publications, building a book distribution network system in the province and across the country, expanding the scale of operations, serving a large number of readers nationwide.

Ly Na

Source: https://baodongnai.com.vn/van-hoa/202506/cau-noi-tri-thuc-lan-toa-van-hoa-doc-6270f43/