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Geography
Bac Lieu Province
situated in the
Mekong River Delta.
It shares its border
with Can Tho City
and Soc Trang
Province to the
north, the East Sea
to the south, Ca Mau
and Kien Giang
provinces to the
west. Bac Lieu has
many large rice
paddies and fertile
land, which make a
good condition for
fruit tree planting.
Climate: the weather
is divided into two
seasons: rainy and
dry seasons. The
annual average
temperature is 24ºC.
Tourism and
Economy
Bac Lieu Town is on
side of Bac Lieu
Canal, 10km from the
sea. Bac Lieu
residents grow rice,
fruit trees, catch
seafood and make
salt.
Bac Lieu used to
play importance role
in exploitation and
developing of French
colonialists so that
the province has
existed several
western-style villas
and palaces.
Coming there,
tourists have more
knowledge about very
rich and popular Bac
Lieu Mandarins. And
they can visit the
Bac Lieu Bird
Reserve,
unforgettable taste
longan gardens, Viet
Hung old Tower, Xiem
Can Pagoda or
discover mangrove
cajeput forest.
Transportation
Bac Lieu is 280km
from Ho Chi Minh
City, 67km from Ca
Mau, 50km from Soc
Trang, and 113km
from Can Tho. The
National Highway No.
1A crosses the
province and links
to Soc Trang and Ca
Mau provinces. |
