1. Population and Workforce

The commune holds 2,451 families with 10,794 people. In which 7,109 are at labor age (including 3,835 females). Eduational backgrounds rated as follows: secondary school level: 3,505 people; junior college level: 386 people; college and upward levels: 3,502 people.

 2. Land

Total land area: 694.649 hectares including: 412.992 hectares of agricultural land (219.525 hectares of annual plants, 144.695 hectares of perennials, 48.772 hectares of water surface for aquaculture), special use land: 50.534 hectares; residential land: 50.934 ha , unused land 180.190 ha (unused water surface: 2.171 ha, river and arroyo area: 178.0190 ha)

+ Agricultural land: occupying 59,45 % including 219.525 hectares of annual plants, mainly 3-crop rice areas, gardens are commonly filled with perennials, the rest is water surface that is used at low frequency. Because of market demand and weather condition and investment scale, crop production cannot rise and perennial ara tends to tumble.

+ Special use land: accounting for 7.27 % and having tendancy of rising thanks to the needs on land for residential and production infrastructure.

+ Residential land: covering 7.33 % and allocated scatteredly.   Because population is getting increasing, this type can be used more appreciately.

+ Unused land: ocuppying 25.94%, under water surface 2.1707ha, rice and arroyo area 178.019 ha

Overall evaluation: seeing that ecotourism orierented trade-service is a key econonomic sector, enbabling Hiep Hoa commune to dvelop in direction of industrialization and modernization, gathering all local potentials and supptrts of the city and province complete the infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, electricity, water, schools, healthcare, environment protection and so on.

The communal land holds great potentials for both agroforestry and aquaculture as well as infrastructureand and career development, especially ones to extend cultivated areas in case certain riigation works are built; one for husbandry development in connection with ecotourism and other service to better impove local life condiion

3. Tourism and Scenic Spots

There are two 2 vestages: Nguyen Huu Canh Temple and Dai Giac Co Tu pagoda. There are several tourist bases, such as Long Quoi Thon Trang ecotourism and three points of restaurant-entertainment fishing. Tourist service is one comparative advantage of the commune but current investment cannot bring into play it.

4. Traffic System and Power

As an island commune on Dong Nai river, it must be connected to outside via Rach Cat and Gheng bridges. 5.7 kilometer main interhamlet lanes has been asphalted. Besides, the two wharfs named An Hao and Kho. Road system include 3.4 kilometers of large lanes and 11.3 kilometers small lanes. In general, traffic network roughly meets the loacals’ passage demand. However, due to the limits of the two bridges and railway, it cannot facilitate local production (since heavy loading vans cannot anter).

To date, national grids have supplied 99% of  the households across the commune, facilating production, study and daily activities.

5. Communications

Currently telecommunication station has been established in the commune and cable network has covered its whole area, which facilitate local communicatons.

 6. Mineral Reserves

On account of geological structure, no noble mineral deposit has been found across the commune. Major minerals are sand, gravel serving as construction mataerials but being exploited on small scale.

7. Traditional Products and Professions

Major products of the commune today are certain fruits such as pamelos and durians and other things.