The objective of thisstudy was to determine the optimal growing density and pellet feed protein level applied during commercial snakeheadculture. The experiment was conducted at the Faculty of Fisheries,Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA). Three replicate composite tanks (1m3/tank) were used for each experiment. The first experiment was carried out fromJuly to 30thAugust, 2017 to test the effect of stocking density at 70, 80 and 90 fish/m3(average weight of fish was 8,90± 0,45g/fish) on fish growthusingthe commercial pellet food of 42% protein. Four weeksaftergrowing at stocking density of 70 fish/m3,the survival rate, growing rate, and food conversion ratio (FCR) were99.05± 0.82%,0.33± 0.02 g/dayand1.18± 0.05, respectively.Thevalues of snakehead stocking at 80fish/m3were 99.17± 1.44%,0.40 ± 0.02 g/dayand1.19± 0.02,respectively and at 90 fish/m3were 99.26± 0.64%,0.36± 0.01 g/dayand1.34± 0.03, respectively. There was no significant difference of survival rate, growth rate and FCR of snakehead at three socking density levels after for 4 weeks of growing. The second experiment carried out from Augustto the end of December, 2017to test the effect of three protein levels (30%, 35% and 42% protein in pellet food) onthegrowth and survival rate of snakehead after 4 months of stocking at the growing density of 80 fish/m2(average weight of fish was 36,6± 1,11g/fish). After 4 months of stocking, fish culturedwith 42% of protein level showed the highest growth rate(1.99± 0.03g/day)and survival rate (86.67± 5.05%).At high protein level (42%) snakeheadhadthe fastest growth rate (total length of 1.34mm/day) and weight gain (1.99 g/day), food conversion ratio(1.19) and fish size distribution rate (10.3± 0.5).Research results show that nursing snakehead fish at density of 80 fish/m3, using food with 42% protein content for best growth and survival compared to the remaining stocking density and protein content.