(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Can Tho City statistics indicate that in 2025, following the merger of three former administrative entities - Can Tho, Hau Giang and Soc Trang - fisheries output in 2025 increased by 6.23% compared with 2024 with aquaculture production nearly 9.1 times higher than capture fisheries.
Specifically, total fisheries output reached 781,450 tonnes, up 6.26% year-on-year. Of this total, aquaculture accounted for 704,000 tonnes (up 6.23%), while capture fisheries output stood at 77,450 tonnes (up 4.44%). As a result, aquaculture production was almost 9.1 times that of capture fisheries.
Total aquaculture area in 2025 reached 97,078 hectares, up 0.81% compared with 2024. This included 13,275 hectares of intensive black tiger shrimp farming (up 8.37%) and 40,820 hectares of intensive whiteleg shrimp farming (up 5.15%).
In 2025, complicated developments in rainfall, storms, and high tides triggered numerous diseases in livestock and aquatic species. However, thanks to the application of scientific and technological advances, strengthened value-chain linkages and the synchronized implementation of multiple solutions spanning production models and management, the fisheries sector continued to develop, contributing significant to the city’s economic growth.
Can Tho’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growth rate in 2025 reached 7.23% compared with 2024. The agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector grew by 3.79%, contributing 0.85 percentage points; industry and construction expanded by 8.01%, contributing 2.25 percentage points; services grew by 8.79%, contributing 3.85 percentage points and taxes on products rose by 4.99%, contributing 0.27 percentage points. In the context of the city’s recent administrative expansion, this growth rate is considered particularly significant in guiding spatial planning, attracting investment and steering economic policies suited to the modernized Mekong Delta.
Can Tho City’s population reached 3,224,937 in 2025, up 0.56% year-on-year. GRDP per capita for the year stood at 94.94 million VND (a 9.7% increase over 2024, equivalent to an increase of 8.39 million VND). The number of employed persons aged 15 and above totaled 1,673,707, up 3.1% from the previous year. By sector, employment in agriculture, forestry and fisheries reached 650,388 people (up 0.01%); industry and construction employed 420,412 people (up 9.72%) and services employed 602,907 people (up 2.21%).
Regarding local budget revenues and expenditures, total revenue amounted to 26,102 billion VND, achieving 105.45% of the central government’s target and 97.1% of the city People’s Council’s estimate. Total expenditure reached 50,787 billion VND, representing 65.26% of the City People’s Council's estimate. Of this, development investment expenditure was 23,033 billion VND (77.16% of the estimate) while recurrent expenditure totaled 26,689 billion VND (106.59% of the estimate). Budget revenues covered 97.8% of recurrent expenditure needs.