Before the contest took place, the organising committee held a buffalo worship ritual, which bears the cultural imprint of wet rice agriculture, imbued with the Thai ethnic identity in Ngoc Chien, to express gratitude to the buffalo for always accompanying farmers in farming work and taking charge of the heavy work, helping them enjoy warm and bountiful harvests.

This year's contest saw the competition of 15 buffaloes from 15 hamlets. The main scoring criteria are body shape, length, height, broad chest, long horns, and strong legs. The buffalo with the best body shape indexes will win the title of "Buffalo Prince".

In the end, the title went to the buffalo of Long Cang hamlet, which is 2m75 long, 1m52 tall, and 2m33 in chest size.

According to the organising board, although participating buffaloes this year were fewer than last year, their quality and body shape are better. Currently, Ngoc Chien commune has over 2,000 buffaloes, each worth from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of VND. Mechanised agricultural production makes buffaloes no longer have to serve plowing and harrowing, but they still bring in high economic value, helping people here get rid of poverty with the economic model of raising buffaloes in cages towards commodity production.

This is the second year the contest has been held to affirm the importance position, and role of buffaloes in production, increasing the economic value of raising buffaloes in cages, creating a playground for, and encouraging people to raise buffaloes, and creating a highlight to promote community-based tourism.