Bac Lieu Travel Guide

Bac Lieu is a coastal province in the Mekong Delta region, located on Ca Mau peninsula, the southernmost land of Vietnam.

Bac Lieu has many different ethnic groups living as Chinese, Vietnamese, Khmer, Cham ... Bac Lieu people have a liberal style, typical of the Southern region. Bac Lieu has a famous Bac Lieu Prince who was rich and playful, in addition to this land, it is also associated with the name of musician Cao Van Lau and the song “Da Co Lang” nostalgic to lay the foundation for the development of the ancient background. Southern music. Bac Lieu is well-known by the profession of salt making, Bac Lieu salt has been famous for its quality due to its no bitterness, acrid and little impurities. During the French and American period, Bac Lieu salt trading activity was very large, occupied the whole Southern region, reached Phan Thiet in the Central region and especially exported and exported along the Mekong River route through Cambodia. Although not as prosperous as before, Bac Lieu is still the largest salt producing region in the West.

Bac Lieu used to be an important place in the French strategy of exploiting and building the Mekong Delta, planned by the French to become an administrative center of the West, at the same time. Spend a lot of money on building villas and offices here. Bac Lieu is also the land where many Chinese people live through the folk verse:

"Bac Lieu is a land of opportunity
Under a river of fish on the banks of Chaozhou."

Vietnamese folk songs.