Bạc Liêu Province 4.64

Bạc Liêu Province is a province of Vietnam. It is a coastal province, and is situated in the Mekong Delta region of the southern part of the country.Administrative divisionsBạc Liêu is subdivided into 7 district-level sub-divisions: 5 districts: * Đông Hải* Hòa Binh* Hồng Dân* Phước Long* Vĩnh Lợi 1 district-level town:* Giá Rai 1 provincial city: Bạc Liêu (capital) They are further subdivided into 7 commune-level towns (or townlets), 50 communes, and 7 wards.GeographyBạc Liêu is generally thought of as being in the Mekong Delta, although it is actually located slightly to the south of the Mekong's main outflows. Bạc Liêu is around 100 km south of Cần Thơ, the largest city in the Mekong Delta.EconomyThe most important parts of Bạc Liêu's economy are rice farming, fishing, food processing, and clothing manufacturing.HistoryAfter the Fall of Saigon, 30 April 1975, Bạc Liêu Province and Cà Mau Province were merged into one new entity called Minh Hải Province. Although it is located in Vietnam, many years ago this land was a part of the Khmer Empire which ruled most of Indochina many centuries ago. It is still home to many ethnic Khmer people. In 1996, Minh Hai Province was split into two, with the northeast becoming Bạc Liêu Province and the southwest becoming Cà Mau Province.