Long Ha Commune creates livelihood opportunities, maintains security and order

Once known as an area with complex public security and social order situation, Long Ha now faces the need for change to achieve comprehensive development across all sectors. Local leaders have identified the need to make a breakthrough in economic development, particularly the private sector. By creating more jobs and livelihoods, the commune aims to maintain public order and security and establish more drug-free communities.

The project to upgrade and widen Road NT.24 in Long Ha Commune is being accelerated.

Pham Hong Cong, Deputy Secretary of the Long Ha Commune Party Committee, Chairman of the Commune People’s Committee, said: “The Commune People’s Committee is focusing on developing local companies and businesses. This will both increase local budget revenue and create jobs for residents, thereby reducing the risk of social evils.”

Paving the way for private sector development

Long Ha is prioritizing infrastructure investment and addressing bottlenecks in transport, electricity and land access while creating favorable conditions for residents and businesses to expand production. Several transport projects are underway, including the project to clear the route and build auxiliary facilities for the road connecting Long Tan and Long Ha industrial parks, the upgrade and expansion of Road NT.24, the upgrade and expansion of Road DX.02, and improvements to several other roads. Chairman of the Long Ha People’s Committee Pham Hong Cong said: “There are no longer situations in which cars enter dead-end roads and have to turn around, because the roads are now interconnected. The network meets the transport needs of heavy-duty trucks and container trucks entering and leaving the area to move goods.”

Alongside transport infrastructure, Long Ha is also investing in electricity infrastructure to support production. In Tan Long 2 Hamlet, the commune has invested VND1 billion in a three-phase power system. In other hamlets, it is implementing 26 power grid projects with a total investment of VND9.6 billion.

Long Ha is pursuing two parallel priorities: developing the private sector to provide more livelihood opportunities and maintaining public order and security as the foundation for attracting further business investment. This is also how the locality is gradually transforming its image and appearance to become a dynamic, prosperous and peaceful Long Ha.

Pham Hong Cong, Deputy Secretary of the Long Ha Commune Party Committee and Chairman of the Commune People’s Committee

To support production and business activities, the commune is helping residents resolve land-related difficulties and providing guidance on the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural land in accordance with their needs and legal regulations. Recently, the commune issued decisions permitting four households to change the use of 6,300 square meters of land from perennial-crop cultivation to non-agricultural purposes. In addition, 96 household businesses have received information and guidance on converting their operations into enterprises.

These activities are creating fresh momentum for the strong growth of private sector. In the three months from June 1 to August 30, 2026, Long Ha established 22 new enterprises, including 13 in Tan Long 2 Hamlet alone.

Dam Van Hoi, Head of Tan Long 2 Hamlet, said the hamlet currently had 77 active companies and enterprises, while several other households were completing procedures to establish businesses. Encouragingly, these businesses were creating jobs and increasing incomes for local residents. “During the most recent cashew harvest season, 77 companies and enterprises provided jobs for more than 1,000 people. Other services, such as eateries and beverage shops, have also grown, contributing to the increasingly vibrant local economy,” Hoi said.

From livelihood support to drug-free communities

In the past, the Hamlet 7 of former Long Ha Commune, now known as Tan Long 2 Hamlet, was widely associated with drug-related problems, property theft and public security challenges. Today, Long Ha is accelerating economic development, intensifying efforts to improve security in high-risk areas, preventing crime and working toward becoming a drug-free commune.

One of the commune’s priorities is strengthening grassroots forces responsible for maintaining public order and security. Long Ha currently maintains 22 security teams, which serve as an “extended  arm” of the commune public security in monitoring local developments, conducting patrols, maintaining public order and promptly identifying emerging problems. These efforts have helped reduce social order-related crime, and no criminal gangs have formed in the area. As part of its efforts to improve local security, the commune is combining law enforcement and crime prevention with education and support for people with past convictions or offenses, helping them reintegrate into the community. The commune currently manages 41 people serving criminal sentences in the community, 78 people reintegrating into society, 51 people using illegal drugs, 25 people under post-rehabilitation supervision, and 47 people who have been sent to compulsory drug rehabilitation facilities.

Senior Lieutenant Colonel To Viet Hang, Chief of Long Ha Commune Police, said: “Managing at-risk individuals is truly effective only when those who have made mistakes can secure jobs and stable incomes. Therefore, many young people who have reintegrated into the community have been approved for production loans or recruited by local businesses.”

N.V.H., a resident of Tan Long 4 Hamlet, received support from local authorities after a troubled period in his life. He has since become the owner of a cashew nut production and processing business, providing regular employment for 20 workers. He has also built a house and purchased a car. Similarly, N.M.C. and N.M.T., both from Tan Long 2 Hamlet, returned to productive work after drug rehabilitation. They are now building a workshop to establish a company, with promising prospects.

“In 2026, Long Ha Commune aims to have four hamlets meet the criteria for drug-free communities: Tan Long 2, Tan Long 3, Tan Long 6 and Tan Long 7. The commune is striving to meet the drug-free locality criteria by 2027,” Senior Lieutenant Colonel Hang added.

A visit to Long Ha Commune today reveals clear signs of change: upgraded and widened roads, improved electricity infrastructure, bustling business activities and people who once made mistakes gaining new employment opportunities. Together, these developments show that Long Ha is steadily transforming.

By Quang Minh - Translated by Mai Nga, Thu Ha