Here is what you need to know in Vietnam for March 10:

Politics

-- Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong yesterday visited the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang and recommended that the locality pay attention to the development of industry and service.

Society

-- The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap is planning to turn a part of its current lotus fields into a resort to preserve different species of the flower. The resort will be located on an area of 150 hectares in two communes – My Hoa and Tan Kieu – in Thap Muoi District.

-- A new mobile weighbridge will be deployed on the Ho Chi Minh City-Trung Luong Expressway.

-- A flight carrying passengers of low-cost airline VietJet Air was delayed for nearly 12 hours at Phu Quoc Airport on Monday because of “a technical problem,” the carrier said the same day.

-- Locals in Xuan Giao Commune, Bao Thang District of the northern province of Lao Cai blocked the Noi Bai-Lao Cai Expressway on Monday because they have not been paid for the loss of land for the construction of the road.

-- Vietnam will have a six-day holiday, to last from April 28 to May 3, to celebrate three events – the anniversary of the death of the country’s founders, the Hung Kings, Reunification Day on April 30, and International Labor Day on May 1.

-- Le Hoang Quan, chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, asked his agencies to fine contractors for any delays.

-- Vietnamese realty group Hoang Anh Gia Lai is sponsoring a trip to bring 12 veterans who are former inmates of a prison on Con Dao Island, off the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, to the island from March 9 to 11.

-- Tran Hoang Loc, 31, head of the aquatic inspection division under the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, has been accused of arranging for a person to attend an exam on leadership and management under his name on January 21.

-- Ho Chi Minh City yesterday hosted a conference on climate change and cooperation with Rotterdam, a city in the Netherlands.

Business

-- Deposits of individuals in banks have increased after the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, although the interest rate is still at a record low of 6-7 percent a year.

-- PetroVietnam is planning to build a fuel dump and logistics port on Phu Quoc Island of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang. The construction will take place from 2015 to 2017 at a cost of VND500 billion (US$24 million).

Sports

-- The Vietnamese under-23 football team yesterday beat their Indonesian rivals 1-0 in a friendly game in Hanoi, staged to prepare for the 2015 SEA Games to be held from June 5 to 16 in Singapore.