Many interesting and attractive activities at Ca Mau Crab Festival

On the evening of December 23, in Ca Mau City, the opening ceremony of the first Ca Mau Crab Festival in 2022 took place with the participation of about 500 delegates and a large number of people in the province.

The first Ca Mau Crab Festival in 2022 with the theme "Ca Mau Crab - Culinary Culture Rendezvous"

This is the first year the provincial-level Crab Festival has been held with many interesting and attractive activities lasting for 9 days (from December 23 to 31). It is expected that this event will attract tens of thousands of tourists from inside and outside the province to visit, experience and travel .

Ca Mau Crab Festival will feature a series of 10 main activities including: General Trade Fair; OCOP Product Display; Sports and Folk Games; Street Festival...

Mr. Le Van Su, Vice Chairman of Ca Mau Provincial People's Committee, delivered the opening speech of Ca Mau Crab Festival.

In particular, the unique features of the crab festival are the activities: Crab speed racing, crab tying performance (competition time from December 24 to 26, at Thanh Nien Square, Ward 5, Ca Mau City); Crab master chef culinary competition, setting a record of 69 dishes made from Ca Mau crab; The largest Ca Mau crab competition and combining to receive the Asian record certificate "U Minh fish sauce hotpot".

Ca Mau crab is known as the number one crab.

In addition, the Organizing Committee also organized many forums and seminars to discuss issues such as: Solutions to extend the stay of tourists in Ca Mau; Innovation and development of local intellectual property; Solutions for sustainable development of the crab industry in Ca Mau.

Mr. Le Van Su, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Ca Mau province, said that the Ca Mau crab festival is an opportunity for the province to promote the image and brand of Ca Mau crab and local specialties; an opportunity for domestic and foreign tourists to enjoy the nature and experience the unique flavors of Ca Mau. Besides, this is also an opportunity for businesses and investors to seek investment cooperation opportunities, tourism and culinary services business with Ca Mau.

"The meat is sweet and firm; the fat is fatty; the nutritional content is high, so Ca Mau crab is considered the best crab. With an intercropping area of over 250,000 hectares, Ca Mau is also the place with the largest output in the country; the total value of crab output is over 10,000 billion VND per year. Therefore, crab is identified as the province's key product, the position of crab is second only to shrimp. Recently, Ca Mau crab has also been granted a certificate of geographical indication protection," Mr. Su added.

According to Mr. Phan Hoang Vu, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ca Mau, to best serve the Ca Mau crab festival, the province has proactively prepared a source of 260 - 300 tons of commercial crab; proactively mobilized people to increase crab harvesting to ensure that there is no shortage of supply, and at the same time implemented many solutions to stabilize crab prices on this occasion.

The street festival that took place on the afternoon of December 23 received enthusiastic cheers from locals and tourists.

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Before the opening of the Ca Mau Crab Festival, the street festival took place on the evening of December 23. The parade was a Lion Dance troupe, symbolizing the Ca Mau Crab... Following each parade car were eye-catching decorations with images representing the richness of Ca Mau products such as: crab, shrimp, three-sided crab, snakehead fish, eel...