Bạc Liêu (Vietnamese: [ɓàːk liəw] ^ⓘ) 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 156,110 in 2019.^[1] The former name of the city is Vĩnh Lợi.^[2]

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Bạc Liêu Thành phố Bạc Liêu
City (Class-2)
Bạc Liêu City
Bạc Liêu Location of in Vietnam
Coordinates: 9°17′N 105°43′E
Country	Vietnam
Province	Bạc Liêu
Area
• City (Class-2)	175.25 km2 (67.66 sq mi)
Population  (2019 census)
• City (Class-2)	156,110
• Density	890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
• Urban	115,508
Time zone	UTC+7 (Indochina Time)
Climate	Aw

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The name Bạc Liêu is based on the Chinese pronunciation of a Khmer name^[3] (Pol Leav ពលលាវ in Khmer). In the 1950s the area was a center of Huỳnh Phú Sổ's Hòa Hảo religion after Sổ was released there.^[4]