Ca Mau - Promoting the implementation of the Salt Industry Development Project for the period 2021 - 2030

On October 6, 2025, the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Ca Mau province announced the results of implementing Decision No. 1325/QD-TTg dated August 31, 2020 of the Prime Minister approving the Project on salt industry development for the period 2021 - 2030 in the province. The results show that the tasks are being implemented in the right direction, ensuring the goal of stable development and enhancing the value of local salt products. By the 2024-2025 crop season, the salt production area of ​​the whole province will reach 1,588.01 hectares, of which traditional salt is 1,350.06 hectares and tarpaulin salt is 237.95 hectares. The output reached 57,036.1 tons, exceeding the set plan by 190.1%, in which Dong Hai, Long Dien and Tan Thuan communes are the localities with the highest output.

Salt fields in Ca Mau (photo collected)

In the period of 2021-2025, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment approved Component Project No. 7 - Renovation and upgrading of Dong Hai salt field infrastructure, with a total investment of 127.39 billion VND; to date, 75.46 billion VND has been disbursed, reaching 61.76% of the capital plan. At the same time, the province invested in 01 salt processing and preparation workshop in Long Dien commune and deployed 03 clean salt production models according to the product consumption chain with a total area of ​​04 hectares, contributing to improving the productivity and quality of commercial salt.
Currently, the province has 06 recognized salt-producing villages, of which 04 have established stable cooperatives. The product "Tan Thuan - Dam Doi White Salt" has been granted a certificate of trademark protection by the Department of Intellectual Property, affirming the distinctive brand of Ca Mau salt in the market.
However, the province's salt industry still faces many difficulties: degraded production infrastructure, small scale, salt farmers have difficulty accessing credit capital, and a tourism model associated with the salt industry has not yet been formed. Some cooperatives still have limited management capacity and lack of linkage in product consumption.
Entering the 2026-2030 period, Ca Mau province aims to stabilize the salt production area at 1,670 hectares, and at the same time proposes that the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment support 205 billion VND to renovate and upgrade salt field infrastructure, develop clean salt production models, rural tourism and post-salt products, aiming at the goal of sustainable development of Ca Mau salt industry, improving the lives of salt farmers and the value of local products./.

Source: https://sonnmt.camau.gov.vn/tin-hoat-dong/ca-mau-day-manh-thuc-hien-de-an-phat-trien-nganh-muoi-giai-doan-2021-2030-289377