Vietnam's Ca Mau Shrimp Festival to open on November 21, with 350 booths focused on the green transformation of the shrimp industry

The second Ca Mau Shrimp Festival (Festival Tôm Cà Mau lần thứ II năm 2026) is scheduled to take place from November 21 to 25, 2026, at Phan Ngoc Hien Square in An Xuyen Ward, Ca Mau Province, Vietnam. It is jointly organized by the Ca Mau Provincial People's Committee and the Vietnam Fisheries Association (VINAFIS). The opening ceremony is scheduled to be held at 20:00 on November 21 at Phan Ngoc Hien Square (Le Duan Road, An Xuyen Ward).

This year's shrimp festival is themed "Cultural Identity Shines — Ca Mau Shrimp Goes Global." The organizers stated that the event aims to promote the potential and advantages of Ca Mau shrimp, establish the status and brand of Ca Mau shrimp, and at the same time drive the shrimp industry toward green, sustainable development and international integration.

The 350 booths are divided by function: 150 booths for the shrimp industry exhibition and trade fair, 156 OCOP (One Commune One Product) booths, 24 job introduction booths, and 20 food booths.

The shrimp industry exhibition and trade area is the showcase focus of this year's shrimp festival, featuring: materials and images introducing the development history and potential of Ca Mau's shrimp industry; efficient and advanced shrimp farming models and technologies; machinery, equipment, production lines and supplies needed for shrimp farming; as well as processed products, post-harvest preservation products and aquatic by-product processed goods.

During the shrimp festival, an art display area themed "Ca Mau Shrimp — Journey of Breakthrough — Aspiration to Set Sail" will also be set up at Phan Ngoc Hien Square. The organizers stated that through product and technology displays and exhibition activities, the shrimp festival provides a platform for enterprises, investors, scientists, shrimp farmers and domestic and international partners to meet, exchange and seek cooperation opportunities, so as to enhance the added value, competitiveness and market space of Ca Mau's shrimp industry.

According to the organizing committee, the shrimp festival will promote connections among management agencies, enterprises, cooperatives, shrimp farmers, scientists and domestic and international partners. Ca Mau Province hopes to use this opportunity to expand markets, attract investment, advance the application of science and technology, and build the shrimp industry value chain in a modern, green and sustainable direction, with representative models including ecological shrimp and shrimp–rice rotation, while promoting economic, cultural and tourism development and raising people's living standards.