Crab Festival 2025

Crab Festival 2025

Phan Ngoc Hien Square

Ca Mau kicks off the 2025 Crab Festival, hunting for the record for the largest crab in Vietnam Information from the Organizing Committee of the 2nd Ca Mau Crab Festival, the festival will take place from November 16 to 18 with many new activities added after the first organization. This year's event has the theme "Hello Ca Mau", which is broadcast simultaneously in Ho Chi Minh City and Ca Mau province to increase the spread. The highlight that attracts the most attention before the festival is the competition to set the largest crab record. Although the event on November 16 just took place, the Ca Mau Crab Festival is already exciting with the Ca Mau crab record-setting competition. Mr. Quach Van An, Deputy Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Ca Mau province, said that from October 20 to 3:00 p.m. on November 18, organizations and individuals can register to take the exam. Participating crabs must be sea crabs originating from Ca Mau, alive, clean, with all parts and a minimum weight of 1,452 kg. Each organization and individual is allowed to submit multiple entries. The organizing committee weighs and measures directly at the test site, in which weight is the main criterion; If two animals reach the same weight, carapace size will be the deciding factor. The heaviest crab will be proposed to set a national record and be awarded on the evening of November 18 at Phan Ngoc Hien Square. Prizes include first prize 15 million VND, second prize 10 million VND and third prize 5 million VND. The competition atmosphere makes farmers and community tourist attractions eagerly wait. Mr. Nguyen Van Hon, owner of Hoang Hon Restaurant (Dat Mui, Ca Mau), said many households have proactively kept large crabs to try their luck. According to Mr. Hon, the biggest crab will be the pride and honor of the tourist destination, and there will be more opportunities for visitors to come. The Festival's opening ceremony program is associated with an art performance program with the theme: "Ca Mau Crab: Forest Fragrance - Sea Taste", taking place at 8:00 p.m., November 16, at Phan Ngoc Hien Square, Le Duan Street, An Xuyen Ward, Ca Mau Province. The closing ceremony of the Festival and awarding awards of competitions is expected to take place at 7:00 p.m., November 18, at Phan Ngoc Hien Square, Le Duan Street, An Xuyen Ward, Ca Mau Province. Besides the main competition, Ca Mau Crab Festival also has a series of cultural - commercial activities: OCOP product display and exhibition space, Ca Mau crab culinary area, general trade fair, demonstration of preparing dishes from crab, "Delicious dishes from Ca Mau crab" contest... Cultural - sports activities such as Ca Mau Marathon 2025, Southern Don Ca Tai Tu Festival are also held on this occasion. Notably, the CamaUP'25 event series - Ca Mau Province Startup Festival 2025 will take place in parallel, with the Forum "Ca Mau: Growth driving force in the Mekong Delta"; International conference "Innovation for sustainable development of Vietnam's mud crab industry" and final of the contest "Green seafood - Sustainable development trend". Ca Mau has a combined crab farming area of ​​about 418,340 hectares, with an average productivity of 0.1 tons/ha/year. Ca Mau strives to achieve a total commercial crab output of about 41,834 tons/year. The province aims to develop about 200 hectares of semi-intensive crab farming area, with an average productivity of 0.5 tons/ha/crop, giving an output of about 100 tons.

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