FILE PHOTO: The congress badge with a communist logo is pictured on the chest of a delegate during the 13th national congress of the ruling communist party of Vietnam at the National Convention Center in Hanoi, Vietnam January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Kham
HANOI (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.
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