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Bạc Liêu is a provincial city and capital of the Bạc Liêu Province in the Mekong Delta region in southern Vietnam. It is a medium-sized town with a population of approximately 150,000. The old name of the city is Vĩnh Lợi.HistoryThe name Bạc Liêu is based on the Chinese pronunciation of a Khmer name . In the 1950s the area was a centre of Huỳnh Phú Sổ's Hòa Hảo religion after So was released there.