DOMESTIC
On February 21st, at the National Assembly building, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue presided over a meeting to discuss several major issues related to the revision and amendment of the draft Law on National Defense, Security and Industrial Mobilization. Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue stated that at the 6th session of the 15th National Assembly, National Assembly deputies discussed and provided feedback on the draft Law on National Defense, Security and Industrial Mobilization. Immediately after the session, based on the opinions of National Assembly deputies, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly directed the Standing Committee of the National Defense and Security Committee to take the lead and coordinate with the drafting agency to research, incorporate, and revise the draft law. ( In the photo: National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue presiding over the meeting. Photo: Nhan Sang - TTXVN)
On February 21st, at the Party Central Committee headquarters, Comrade Truong Thi Mai, Member of the Political Bureau, Standing Member of the Secretariat, and Head of the Central Organization Department, chaired a conference to implement the Political Bureau and Secretariat's work program for 2024. In the photo: Comrade Truong Thi Mai delivering a speech at the conference. Photo: Phuong Hoa - VNA
Hanoi aims for a total housing floor area of approximately 7.147 million m2 in 2024, with an estimated 4.5 million m2 for individual housing development. The average housing area per person in Hanoi is projected to reach 28.8 m2/person in 2024. This figure is determined based on the average achieved in 2023 (28.6 m2/person) and the completion of housing construction projects in the city during the remaining months of 2024. (Image caption: Thang Long Green City social housing project (Dong Anh district, Hanoi), a 9-12 story building comprising 1,528 apartments for sale, rent, and lease-to-own. Photo: Tuan Anh - VNA)
On February 20th, in Thieu Quang commune, Thieu Hoa district, Thanh Hoa province, a ceremony was held to receive the certificate recognizing the folk performing arts "Lantern Dance with Running Letters and Cheo Cai Co Singing" from the Ngu Vong Phuong festival as a national intangible cultural heritage. This will be an impetus for the local people to continue preserving and protecting the heritage of their ancestors. In the photo: The Nhan Cao village's lantern dance troupe performs the "Lantern Dance with Running Letters" act. Photo: Hoa Mai – VNA
On February 21st (the 12th day of the first lunar month), the Management Board of Tam Chuc Pagoda (Ba Sao town, Kim Bang district, Ha Nam province) held the opening ceremony of the Tam Chuc Pagoda Spring Festival 2024. Attending the ceremony were Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan; Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu, Standing Vice Chairman of the Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, abbot of Bai Dinh Pagoda (Ninh Binh) and Tam Chuc Pagoda (Ha Nam); Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy; leaders of Ha Nam province; leaders of departments, agencies, districts, towns, and cities in the province, along with monks, nuns, Buddhists, local people, and tourists from all over. In the photo: Delegates perform the ritual of carrying water up to Ngoc Pagoda. Photo: Dai Nghia – VNA
The Task Force No. 2 of the Coast Guard Command, in coordination with the Anti-Drug and Crime Prevention Department, Nhat Le Border Guard Post (Quang Binh Provincial Border Guard), the Drug Crime Investigation Department (Quang Binh Provincial Police), Bao Ninh Commune Police, and the Quang Binh Provincial Customs Control Team, apprehended Truong Van Nguyen (born in 1984, residing in Quang Ninh District, Quang Binh Province) while he was illegally transporting narcotics. The seized evidence included 11,012 synthetic drug pills. The case is currently under further investigation and processing according to the law. (Photo: Functional forces coordinating the arrest of Truong Van Nguyen along with the seized evidence of over 11,000 synthetic drug pills. Photo: TTXVN)
INTERNATIONAL
On February 20, US House leaders announced that the legislature would establish a bipartisan task force to study regulations that could address concerns about artificial intelligence (AI). In a statement, House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries clarified that the task force would be responsible for producing a comprehensive report and considering appropriate measures to protect national security against current and emerging AI threats. (Photo: US Capitol Building in Washington, DC. Image: AFP/VNA)
On February 20, Russian Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev announced that Russia had completed the delivery of 200,000 tons of grain aid to six African countries, as pledged by President Vladimir Putin last year. Specifically, Russia delivered 50,000 tons each to Somalia and the Central African Republic, and 25,000 tons each to Mali, Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, and Eritrea. (Photo: Russian Ambassador to Burkina Faso Aleksei Saltykov (third from right) with Burkina Faso government officials at the ceremony receiving 25,000 tons of Russian grain aid in Ouagadougou. Photo: AFP/VNA)
According to Xinhua News Agency, United Airlines confirmed on February 20 that a Boeing 757-200, flight number 354, en route from San Francisco (California) to Boston (Massachusetts), had to make an emergency landing due to a wing failure. United Airlines stated that the incident occurred on February 19 due to a malfunction in the wing flap, but did not specify the cause of the problem. (Photo caption: A Boeing 757 at Sydney International Airport, Australia. Photo: AFP/VNA)
On February 21, the China National Meteorological Center (NMC) issued an orange alert for a severe cold spell, forecasting a sharp drop in temperature in southern China. The NMC predicted that from February 21-23, the average daily temperature or minimum temperature in most southern China would drop by 6-12 degrees Celsius. (Image caption: Snow blankets Beijing, China. Photo: Kyodo/VNA)
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