Outstanding domestic and international events on February 22

DOMESTIC

On February 22, during his working trip to Ho Chi Minh City, General Secretary To Lam experienced Metro Line 1 (Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien) - the first metro line in Ho Chi Minh City. Experiencing the journey from Ben Thanh station to Tan Cang station, General Secretary To Lam met and chatted intimately with people on the train. People were excited to share their feelings when traveling on modern public transport, which greatly shortens travel time in the inner city, meets the huge daily travel needs of people and contributes to improving the quality of life. In the photo: General Secretary To Lam takes Metro Line 1 Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien and chats with people. Photo: Thong Nhat - VNA

On February 22, Inspection Team No. 1914 of the Politburo led by Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, announced the Decision to establish the Inspection Team and the Inspection Plan for the Standing Committee of Dong Thap Provincial Party Committee, the Standing Committee of Ben Tre Provincial Party Committee and the Standing Committee of An Giang Provincial Party Committee. In the photo: View of the conference announcing the Decision to establish the Inspection Team and the Inspection Plan for the Standing Committee of Dong Thap Provincial Party Committee. Photo: Nhut An - VNA

On February 22, in Phuoc Tan and Phuoc Hoa communes, Bac Ai district (Ninh Thuan province), Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN), Power Project Management Board 3 held a ceremony to launch the construction of the Bac Ai Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant project - phase 2. This is the first pumped storage hydropower project to be built in Vietnam and is one of EVN's key projects to be implemented in 2025. In the photo: Delegates perform the ceremony to launch the construction of the Bac Ai Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant project. Photo: Cong Thu - VNA

On February 22, towards the 70th anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors' Day (February 27, 1955 - February 27, 2025), 2,200 workers, civil servants and students of the Can Tho City Health Sector participated in the walking program "Can Tho Health Sector - 70 years of following Uncle Ho's teachings" with the message "towards poor patients". The event raised more than VND 1,138 billion to support poor patients and those in difficult circumstances who are being treated at medical facilities in the area. In the photo: Leaders of the Can Tho Health Sector with representatives of the Can Tho City Health Sector. Photo: Trung Kien - VNA

On February 22, the Dong Nai Province Association for Promotion of Education coordinated with local businesses to organize the "Cho em den truong" scholarship award ceremony to encourage, support, and help 400 disadvantaged students to continue going to school with a total amount of more than 540 million VND. Each junior high school student received a scholarship worth 1.2 million VND/student; each high school student received a scholarship worth 1.5 million VND/student. In the photo: 400 disadvantaged students in Dong Nai received the "Cho em den truong" scholarship. Photo: Le Xuan - VNA

On February 22, the Investigation Police Agency, Son La Provincial Police issued a decision to prosecute the criminal case and an order to detain and arrest the person in an emergency case against Nguyen Dinh Hung (born in 1983, residing in My Duc commune, Hanoi), the driver of a passenger car who caused a serious traffic accident on National Highway 6, in Sap Vat commune, Yen Chau district (Son La), at 11:22 p.m. on February 21, killing 6 people and injuring 8 others to investigate in accordance with the provisions of law. In the photo: The Investigation Police Agency, Son La Provincial Police implemented the decision to prosecute the criminal case and an order to detain and arrest the person in an emergency case against Nguyen Dinh Hung (marked X). Photo: VNA

INTERNATIONAL

On February 22, US President Donald Trump removed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General Charles CQ Brown, and announced that he would replace five other senior positions in an unprecedented shakeup of the US military leadership. In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said he would nominate retired Lieutenant General Dan "Razin" Caine to succeed General Brown. General Caine once served as Deputy Director for Military Affairs of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). In this photo: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General Charles CQ Brown speaks at an event in Arlington, Virginia, on May 27, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/TTXVN

Polish President Andrzej Duda on February 21 called his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to work "calmly and constructively" with US President Donald Trump to achieve peace. The Polish leader stressed that there was no other way to stop the bloodshed and achieve lasting peace in Ukraine without US support. In photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) meets with US Special Envoy for Russia and Ukraine Keith Kellogg in Kiev, February 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/TTXVN

As planned, on February 22, the Israeli government and Hamas Movement will conduct the largest hostage and prisoner exchange between the two sides since the Gaza ceasefire agreement took effect on January 19. According to the announcement of the Palestinian Prisoners Club, Israeli authorities will release 602 prisoners today, including 445 people arrested in the Gaza Strip during the outbreak of the conflict, 50 people serving life sentences. This is the largest number of prisoners released by Israel since the Gaza ceasefire agreement took effect more than a month ago. In return, Hamas Movement will release 6 Israeli hostages, also the largest hostage release since the beginning of the ceasefire. In photo: Three Israeli hostages were released during the February 8 batch. Photo: AP/TTXVN

Chinese scientists have discovered a new strain of coronavirus from bats that can invade human cells through the same cell surface protein that SARS-CoV-2 (which causes COVID-19) does. This has raised concerns that the virus could spread to humans in the future. However, Dr. Michael Osterholm, an infectious disease expert at the University of Minnesota (USA), said that excessive concerns about information about the new virus strain are unnecessary. He pointed out that compared to the time when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in 2019, the community now has a large number of antibodies to similar SARS viruses and this could reduce the risk of a pandemic. In the photo: Medical staff take COVID-19 test samples in Chongqing, China on August 24, 2022. Photo: THX/TTXVN

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