Outstanding domestic and international events on February 27

DOMESTIC

On February 27, at the Party Central Committee headquarters, General Secretary To Lam chaired a working session with the standing committees of the sub-committees preparing for the 14th Party Congress and the Steering Committee summarizing 40 years of renovation. General Secretary To Lam praised the document sub-committees for their efforts to complete a huge amount of work in a short time, and requested the standing committees of the sub-committees and the Steering Committee to continue editing and supplementing the draft reports in a concise and general manner on strategic issues, highlighting the determination and aspiration for development to realize the two 100-year goals. General Secretary To Lam especially requested that throughout the document, the key role of party building work must be supplemented and emphasized, affirming the steadfastness of the ideology and path of renovation, and at the same time clearly seeing that the Party is shouldering the historic responsibility to bring the country into a new era. In photo: General Secretary To Lam speaks at the working session. Photo: Thong Nhat - VNA

On the afternoon of February 27, in Hanoi, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting of the Government Standing Committee working with Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises with the theme: "The State creates, Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises make breakthroughs in the new era". Earlier, on the same morning, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting of the Government Standing Committee working with state-owned enterprises on tasks and solutions to contribute to double-digit economic growth and rapid and sustainable national development. In photo: The Government Standing Committee working with small and medium-sized enterprises on the afternoon of February 27. Photo: Duong Giang-VNA

On the afternoon of February 27, at the National Assembly House, Politburo member, Secretary of the National Assembly Party Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man chaired the second meeting of the National Assembly Party Committee Executive Committee and chaired the conference to announce the decision to establish Party Committees under the National Assembly Party Committee. On the same morning, Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man attended the ceremony to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Vietnam Doctors' Day (February 27, 1955 - February 27, 2025) at the Friendship Hospital, Ministry of Health. In the photo: Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man with leaders of Party Committees under the National Assembly Party Committee on the afternoon of February 27. Photo: Doan Tan - VNA

On February 27, in Tuy Hoa City (Phu Yen Province), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a conference on preventing illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing; preparing content and working plan with the European Commission (EC) Inspection Team. Representatives of provinces and cities in the Central region attended the conference. In photo: Conference scene. Photo: Xuan Trieu - VNA

On February 27, the People's Committee of Ha Lang district, Cao Bang province and the Party Committee and People's Government of Dai Tan district (Guangxi province, China) jointly organized the ceremony to announce the opening of the Ly Van (Vietnam) - Thac Long (China) bilateral border gate. In the photo: Leaders of Cao Bang province, leaders of Ha Lang district and representatives of leaders of Dai Tan district (China) pressed the button to start the Ly Van - Thac Long bilateral border gate. Photo: Van Dat - VNA

On February 27, the People's Court of Binh Thuan province announced the verdict on the case of a police officer using torture leading to death that occurred at the Criminal Police Team of Duc Linh District Police (Binh Thuan). The trial panel sentenced Le Huu Tung to 9 years in prison and Vo Phi Thanh to 7 years in prison, both for the crime of using torture under the provisions of Clause 4, Article 373 of the Penal Code. In photo: Two defendants at the trial. Photo: Nguyen Thanh - VNA

At about 6:10 a.m. on February 27, a truck with license plate 67C - 038.98 carrying groceries (paint, clothes, paper, etc.) from Ho Chi Minh City was stopping to rest at km 83, National Highway 91 (in Group 2, Binh Hung 2 Hamlet, Binh My Commune, Chau Phu District, An Giang Province) when it suddenly caught fire. Although it was discovered in time, because the items on the truck were flammable, the fire broke out very quickly. As a result, the truck and the goods on the truck were completely burned, fortunately there were no casualties. In the photo: The items on the truck were all flammable, so the fire broke out very quickly and rose high. Photo: Cong Mao - VNA

INTERNATIONAL

On February 26, US President Donald Trump announced that he would not renew the "oil trading agreement" with Venezuela issued by the administration of his predecessor Joe Biden, citing Caracas's failure to make progress on electoral reform and the repatriation of migrants. In a post on the social network Truth Social, Mr. Trump said he would "reverse the concessions" in the "oil trading agreement, effective November 26, 2022." He said the agreement would be terminated from March 1. In photo: US President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference at the White House. Photo: THX/TTXVN

The United Nations Human Rights Council on February 26 voiced its opposition to proposals for annexation or forced displacement of people from Palestinian territories, warning that this could threaten the entire region. Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk stressed that the international community must “prevent any normalization of illegal practices, including proposals for annexation or forced displacement,” as these could threaten the peace and security of Palestinians, Israel, and the entire region. In photo: Palestinians evacuated to the South return to the North of the Gaza Strip. Photo: THX/TTXVN

More than 80 houses have been burned down and about 2,000 people have been ordered to evacuate after a forest fire broke out in Ofunato City, northeastern Japan. The fire, which broke out a day earlier, has burned 600 hectares of land, the city government said on February 27, although firefighting operations continued overnight. In this photo: A forest fire broke out in Ofunato City, northeastern Japan on February 27. Photo: Kyodo/TTXVN

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