1. Minh Hai province was merged from which localities?
- A
Soc Trang and Bac Lieu
- B
Kien Giang and Hau Giang
- C
Ca Mau and Bac Lieu
Minh Hai province was established on March 10, 1976, on the basis of merging two provinces of Ca Mau and Bac Lieu. Minh Hai province is located in the southernmost part of the South, bordering two provinces of Hau Giang.
Minh Hai provincial capital was originally located in Bac Lieu town and was renamed Minh Hai town. - D
Soc Trang and Tra Vinh
2. When was Minh Hai divided into two provinces?
- A
1996
On November 6, 1996, the National Assembly issued a Resolution on dividing Minh Hai province into two provinces: Bac Lieu and Ca Mau as today.
Ca Mau province includes: Ca Mau town and 6 districts: Cai Nuoc, Dam Doi, Ngoc Hien, Thoi Binh, Tran Van Thoi, U Minh.
Bac Lieu province includes: Bac Lieu town and 3 districts: Gia Rai, Hong Dan, Vinh Loi. - B
1997
- C
1998
- D
1999
3. What does the name Bac Lieu mean?
- A
Rich neighborhood
- B
Rich neighborhood, gold and silver processing
- C
Poor village, fishing, going to sea
The name “Bac Lieu” is read in Chinese with a Teochew accent as Po Leo, meaning a poor village, working in the low-income profession, i.e. fishing, fishing, and seafaring. Po is pronounced in Sino-Vietnamese as “Bac” and Leo is pronounced as “Lieu”.
Another hypothesis is that Po means police station, and Lieu means Lao (Ai Lao) in Khmer, because before the Chinese people came to live there, there was a Lao military post there.
The French, based on the Teochew name Po Leo, called this land Phecheri-chaume (fishing and cogon grass). There are also a number of other hypotheses. - D
Gold and silver mining village
4. Is it true or false that Bac Lieu has no mountains?
- A
Correct
According to the Provincial Electronic Information Portal, Bac Lieu has a fairly flat terrain, without hills or mountains. The basic terrain is plains with vast fields, rivers, canals and crisscrossing canals.
- B
Wrong
5. The only place in Vietnam where you can watch the sun rise from the East Sea and set into the West Sea?
- A
Nam Can Town
- B
Double Nose
- C
Cape Dien
- D
Ca Mau Cape
Ca Mau is the southernmost province, located in the Mekong Delta region.
Ca Mau is located on a peninsula, with a very special geographical position, with 3 sides bordering the sea. Ca Mau Cape is the only place on the mainland where you can watch the sun rise from the East Sea in the morning and set into the West Sea in the afternoon.
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