Pouthi Loeu

Pouthi Loeu lies in the low coastal country of the southern Mekong delta, where rivers and tidal waters meet. The Khmer name is associated with the land later called Bạc Liêu. In the eighteenth century Mạc Thiên Tứ of Hà Tiên encouraged Chinese, Khmer and Vietnamese settlers to clear land and establish villages in the area. Fishing and salt making became characteristic occupations of the coast and its waterways.