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HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese are trading fake weather reports and football scores on social media as a creative means to discuss Communist Party leadership wrangling after an official ban on speculation ahead of the Party’s biggest and most important meeting in five years.
FILE PHOTO: The Yellow House , Vietnam s Presidential Palace in Hanoi, is seen in the background during a visit by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (L) and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) in Hanoi, Vietnam, October 19, 2020. Minh Hoang/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
At its 13th National Congress, due to be held later this month, the Communist Party will formally select a new chief, national president, prime minister and National Assembly chair for the next five years.
THE nation approved its first Covid-19 vaccine and cut short a key ruling Communist Party meeting, state media reported, as the country battled its biggest coronavirus outbreak since the pandemic began.
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Vietnam approved its first vaccine for the new coronavirus and cut short a key ruling Communist Party meeting on Saturday as it battled its biggest flare-u
Medical workers in protective suits stand outside a quarantined building amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Hanoi, Vietnam, January 29, 2021. - Reuters HANOI, Jan 30 (Reuters): Vietnam s ruling Communist Party said it would cut short a key five-yearly congress on Saturday amid a new Covid-19 outbreak in several northern provinces that was detected earlier this week.
The congress will end on Monday, a day earlier than previously scheduled, state media reported. The reports did not say why the congress would end early.
Vietnam also approved its first vaccine for the new coronavirus and reported 34 new infections on Saturday, as it battles its biggest flare-up of Covid-19 in the midst of an important Communist Party meeting.