Bạc Liêu () is a provincial city and capital of the Bạc Liêu Province in the

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region in southern

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making ...

. It is a medium-sized town with a population of approximately 150,000. The former name of the city is Vĩnh Lợi.

History

The name Bạc Liêu is based on the Chinese pronunciation of a Khmer name (Pol Leav ពលលាវ in Khmer). In the 1950s the area was a centre of Huỳnh Phú Sổ's Hòa Hảo religion after Sổ was released there.''Vietnam: a Dragon Embattled: From colonialism to the Vietminh'' Joseph Buttinger - 1967 "Although Bac Lieu was a considerable distance from the sites of great Hoa Hao strength, the town soon became "a center of pilgrimage from which spread messages of religious but also of anti-French inspiration." 49 For his followers, Huynh ..."

References

Cities in Vietnam Districts of Bạc Liêu province Populated places in Bạc Liêu province Provincial capitals in Vietnam {{BacLieu-geo-stub