Bạc Liêu Province

It is a coastal province, and is situated in the Mekong Delta region of the southern part of the country.

Bạc Liêu province Tỉnh Bạc Liêu
Province
Bạc Liêu windpower farm
Seal
Location of Bạc Liêu within Vietnam
Coordinates: 9°15′N 105°45′E / 9.250°N 105.750°E / 9.250; 105.750
Country	Vietnam
Region	Mekong Delta
Capital	Bạc Liêu
Government
• People's Council Chair	Phạm Văn Thiều
• People's Committee Chair	Lê Thị Ái Nam
Area
• Total	2,669 km2 (1,031 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	1,062,959
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Demographics
• Ethnicities	Vietnamese, Khmer, Hoa
GDP
• Total	VND 37.719 trillion US$ 1.638 billion
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Area codes	291
ISO 3166 code	VN-55
Website	www.baclieu.gov.vn

Bạc Liêu is subdivided into seven district-level sub-divisions:

• 5 districts:

• 1 district-level town:

• Giá Rai

• 1 provincial city:
  • Bạc Liêu (capital)

They are further subdivided into seven commune-level towns (or townlets), 50 communes, and seven wards.

Bạc Liêu is located on Mekong Delta, although it is actually located slightly to the south of the Mekong's main outflows. Bạc Liêu is around 100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Cần Thơ, the largest city in the Mekong Delta.

The most important parts of Bạc Liêu's economy are rice farming, fishing, food processing, and clothing manufacturing.

After the Fall of Saigon, 30 April 1975, Bạc Liêu province and Cà Mau province were merged into one new entity called Minh Hải province. In 1996, Minh Hải province was split into two, with the northeast becoming Bạc Liêu province and the southwest becoming Cà Mau province. Bac Lieu is renowned for its community of Teochew Chinese.

Vọng cổ, an important song in the traditional music of southern Vietnam, was composed in Bạc Liêu around 1918 or 1919.

Referring to Bac Lieu, many people immediately think of the homeland of Prince Bac Lieu (Công Tử Bạc Liêu) Trần Trinh Huy also called Ba Huy, or the Black Prince – was a famous player not only in Bac Lieu but even in Saigon and the South of Vietnam during the 1930s and 1940s.