Vietnam's A/H1N1 flu situation

Vietnam confirmed 33 more cases of A/H1N1 influenza, raising the total number of flu patients in the country to 1,211, said a report of the website of Vietnam's Ministry of Health on Wednesday.

Among the newly-reported cases, one patient was a seller of a supermarket in the central Gia Lai province of Vietnam. This is the first supermarket in the country reported A/H1N1 flu case, according to local newspaper Liberty Saigon on Wednesday.

The flu continues speeding wide in schools in Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, said the ministry.

So far, 883 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals. The rest are being quarantined and treated, said the report.

Vietnam confirms 2nd death of A/H1N1 influenza

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health confirmed that a 52-year-old woman in Ho Chi Minh City died of A/H1N1 influenza, becoming the country's second death of the flu, local newspaper the New Hanoi reported Thursday.

The woman was admitted to the Hospital No. 115 on Aug. 6 after having high body temperature, coughing and vomiting, said the newspaper. Her sample was tested positive to A/H1N1 influenza later.

The patient was transferred to Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital on Aug.10 because her condition deteriorated. She died on the same day due to respiratory failure, said the newspaper.

The ministry on Thursday confirmed 64 more cases of A/H1N1 influenza, raising total number of flu patients in the country to 1,275. Vietnam confirmed the country's first death of A/H1N1 influenza in the central province of Khanh Hoa last week.