Bac Lieu

E241585

administrative territorial entity province

Bac Lieu is a coastal province in southern Vietnam known for its rice fields, shrimp farming, and distinctive culture within the Mekong Delta region.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Bac Lieu (city)	2
Bac Lieu province	2
Bac Lieu canonical	1
Bac Lieu Province	1
Bạc Liêu	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1945761 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bac Lieu
Context triple: [Mekong Delta, containsPart, Bac Lieu]

A. Soc Trang
Soc Trang is a coastal province in southern Vietnam known for its diverse Khmer, Chinese, and Vietnamese cultural heritage and its location in the Mekong Delta region.
B. Kien Giang
Kien Giang is a coastal province in southern Vietnam known for its islands (including Phu Quoc), fishing industry, and location in the Mekong Delta region.
C. Dong Thap
Dong Thap is a province in southern Vietnam known for its fertile rice fields, lotus wetlands, and location within the Mekong Delta region.
D. Ca Mau
Ca Mau is Vietnam’s southernmost province, known for its extensive mangrove forests, rich fisheries, and the Ca Mau Cape where the country meets the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea.
E. Binh Duong Province
Binh Duong Province is an industrially developed province in southern Vietnam, located just north of Ho Chi Minh City along key waterways and transport routes.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bac Lieu
Target entity description: Bac Lieu is a coastal province in southern Vietnam known for its rice fields, shrimp farming, and distinctive culture within the Mekong Delta region.

A. Soc Trang
Soc Trang is a coastal province in southern Vietnam known for its diverse Khmer, Chinese, and Vietnamese cultural heritage and its location in the Mekong Delta region.
B. Kien Giang
Kien Giang is a coastal province in southern Vietnam known for its islands (including Phu Quoc), fishing industry, and location in the Mekong Delta region.
C. Dong Thap
Dong Thap is a province in southern Vietnam known for its fertile rice fields, lotus wetlands, and location within the Mekong Delta region.
D. Ca Mau
Ca Mau is Vietnam’s southernmost province, known for its extensive mangrove forests, rich fisheries, and the Ca Mau Cape where the country meets the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea.
E. Binh Duong Province
Binh Duong Province is an industrially developed province in southern Vietnam, located just north of Ho Chi Minh City along key waterways and transport routes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity ⓘ province ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf	Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
agriculturalProduct	rice ⓘ
aquacultureProduct	fish ⓘ prawn ⓘ shrimp ⓘ
borders	Ca Mau ⓘ surface form: Ca Mau province East Sea ⓘ Hau Giang ⓘ surface form: Hau Giang province Kien Giang ⓘ surface form: Kien Giang province Soc Trang ⓘ surface form: Soc Trang province
climate	tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
country	Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
hasCapital	Bac Lieu self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bac Lieu (city)
hasCoastlineOn	South China Sea ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion	Mekong Delta ⓘ surface form: Mekong Delta culture southern Vietnam ⓘ surface form: Southern Vietnam
hasEconomicActivity	intensive shrimp farming ⓘ rice–shrimp rotation farming ⓘ
hasEconomicSector	agriculture ⓘ aquaculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ renewable energy ⓘ salt making ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Cham ⓘ Hoa ⓘ Khmer ⓘ Kinh ⓘ
hasProtectedArea	coastal mangrove forests ⓘ
hasSettlement	Bac Lieu self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bac Lieu (city) Gia Rai town ⓘ
knownFor	Don ca tai tu ⓘ Southern Vietnamese folk music ⓘ coastal wetlands ⓘ rice cultivation ⓘ salt production ⓘ shrimp farming ⓘ wind power farms ⓘ
languageUsed	Vietnamese ⓘ
locatedIn	Mekong Delta ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ southern Vietnam ⓘ
partOf	Mekong Delta ⓘ surface form: Mekong Delta region
regionCode	VN-55 (approximate ISO-like provincial code; may differ in official standard) ⓘ
timeZone	Indochina Time ⓘ
transportInfrastructure	National Route 1A ⓘ
utcOffset	+7 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mekong Delta → containsPart → Bac Lieu ⓘ

Nam Kỳ → contains → Bac Lieu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bạc Liêu

Soc Trang → borders → Bac Lieu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bac Lieu province

Ca Mau → borderedByProvince → Bac Lieu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bac Lieu Province

Kien Giang → borders → Bac Lieu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bac Lieu province

Bac Lieu → hasCapital → Bac Lieu self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bac Lieu (city)

Bac Lieu → hasSettlement → Bac Lieu self-linksurface differs ⓘ