​1. Industry:

The area and operation of the industrial zones in Long Tho commune: the commune’s industrial zone has 6 active companies and 4 projects which have completed their handover of construction site.

Long Tho’s workforce, industrial capabilities and industrial development orientations: it has a young and abundant labor force.

Long Tho’s industrial sector is tending to develop well, which asks to pay an attention to investment, construction and generation of more jobs for its people.

2. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery:

- Agriculture: Long Tho’s land area is increasingly narrowed down due to its handover of construction sites to projects. The commune’s people have applied scientific advances to the cultivation of vegetables like cucumbers and water melons with two crops each year thanks to the stable output prices, which has increased the yield of each type of vegetables by 20 to 30 tons per ha and farmers earn a profit of VND15 to VND20 million per ha after having all production costs deducted, which is also a good sign that the commune is gradually industrialized towards science and progress.

Long Tho no longer has the orchards that is specialized in growing fruit trees and the commune’s domestic animal and poultry livestock tends to decrease sharply due to the impact of diseases and poor output prices.

- Forestry: Long Tho has 220.80 ha of  Melaleuca forests; 156.60 ha of mangroves managed by forest plantations; 57.50 ha of Eucalyptus managed by Saigon Forestry Products Company; and 6.7 ha of scattered forests of  Melaleuca  and Eucalyptus planted by farmers. The commune has quite a large area of ​​forests with valuable woods that need paying attention to and taking care of and it is necessary to protect forests and increase forest area.

- Fishery: 211 ha. In recent times, fishermen are developing a 45-ha industrial shrimp farming model.

Farmers earn VND80 to VND100 million per ha after having all production costs deducted. In addition, 196 ha of water surface for shrimp farming has brought back a stable income of VND20 million per month and this job also brings high income for the commune’s people. Therefore, it needs to be developed more widely and on a larger scale.

3. Services, Trade, and Tourism:

Long Tho now has 484 facilities with 551 workers including 7 private enterprises, 36 small industry – handicrafts facilities, 379 trading facilities, and 62 tourism units.

4. Education:

The list of 3 schools in Long Tho commune: Long Tho secondary school, Long Tho primary school, a kindergarten, and a community learning center.

The number of teachers by grade level:

Secondary schools: 36 teachers.

Primary schools: 33 teachers.

Kindergartens: 13 teachers.

At present, Long Tho has 1 culture and sport center, and 1 communal library with law books.

Long Tho’s educational reality is relatively good, but it needs more high schools to make it easier for locals’ children to go to school.

5. Health:

Long Tho now has 1 medical station with 5 people working at the station.

Long Tho’s medical station is now understaffed. Therefore, the station needs to increase its service staff in accordance with the commune’s large population so that people can enjoy quicker and better services.

6. Culture:

Long Tho’s cultural house was built in 2004 on an area of 1 ha with a volleyball court, a computer room, a library, and a stage.

The commune’s cultural house coordinated with the commune’s community learning center to conduct a survey of people’s learning needs. Throughout the year, it has been able to maintain the operation of Taekwondo classes with 31 students, opened 3 bonsai gardening classes with 123 graduates, and an Aerobics class with 50 students.

In addition, the commune’s cultural house meets young people’s needs to participate in physical exercise, physical training, and sporty, cultural and artistic activities.

Long Tho’s cultural activities:

- Football, volleyball, and Chinese chess.

- Maintaining martial arts and aerobics classes.

Long Tho’s cultural activities are developing well and vibrantly with a lot of healthy sports that are beneficial for young people, teenagers, and other people in the commune.