1. Industry:
Industry, and small industry and handicrafts:
+ The commune has 93.4% of non-agriculture laborers
and is place where the laborers of industrial production, handicraft, trade and
services are concentrated, and agricultural laborers account for 6.6%, which is
mainly concentrated in hamlets 3 and 4
+ Industry: the commune has 69 foreign-invested
companies and 65 domestic enterprises with a total investment capital of
1,869,693,000 USD.
+ Small industry and handicrafts: Hiep Phuoc commune
has favorable land conditions and it has attracted a lot of industrial and
handicrafts establishments to invest in the commune and create jobs for hundreds
of laborers.
2. Trade and services:
+ The commune’s trade and services are gradually
developing and it has one temporary market that is located in the commune’s
center with the area of approximately 0.7 ha, 570 household businesses, and more
than 1,220 household businesses that are scattered in the commune, 516
households that offer such services as restaurants, hotels, motels, boarding
houses and so on, which has been able to meet people demand for accommodation
and goods consumption and exchange among local and regional residents.
+ Total retail sales of goods and services: VND333.8
billion/year.
3. Agriculture and forestry:
+ Thanks to today’s agriculture-forestry development
structure and future development orientation, Hiep Phuoc township is gradually
narrowing down its agricultural land area whereas it continues to develop
agriculture, transform the crop structure from rice cultivation to improving
mixed gardens, build the models of detached garden houses, grow fruit trees and
types of short-term crops with high economic efficiency like clean vegetables
and so on.
4. Education:
At present, the commune has 2 kindergartens, 1
primary school, 1 secondary school and 1 stadium with an area of about 7,166
sqm as follows:
+ Kindergartens: 2 schools, 21 classrooms, and
753 children.
+ Primary schools: 1 school, 44 classrooms, and
1,542 students.
+ Secondary school: 1 school, 20 classrooms, and 718
students.
The number of 6-year-old children that is called for
to go to the first grade reaches 100%.
In addition, projects are being invested and
constructed and others that are being prepared for future construction.
5. Health:
- The commune has 1 medical station under the
district’s medical center that is located in hamlet 3 with an area of 1,000
sqm, 7 beds, 1 doctor, 5 physicians, 1 nurse and 1 midwife who take care of
first aid cases, and give initial medical examination and treatment and
midwifery to people. In particular, the universal vaccination program has been
paid attention to; the annual vaccination rate is high; family planning methods
have been well implemented; and the program on food hygiene and safety has also
received attention.
- In addition, there are some private clinics with
more than 20 beds to meet inside-and-outside-the-province people’s demand for
primary and emergency medical examination and treatment.