A large petroleum project under construction, the Cà Mau Gas-Power-Fertilizer Complex, is valued at $1.4 billion.

These include several wild bird parks, the southernmost point in Vietnam (called Mũi Cà Mau), and a number of pagodas.

During the Republic of Vietnam, the area nearby Cà Mau was a stronghold (Vietnamese: Chiến khu cách mạng) for the Việt Cộng, a Hanoi-backed guerrilla group fighting the United States Army and the South Vietnamese government during the Vietnam War.

The wet season lasts from April to December, and the greatest rainfall occurs in August with 366 millimetres or 14.4 inches.

The dry season lasts from January to March, the driest month being February with an average of 12 millimetres or 0.5 inches.