He also asked these organisations to send reports and evaluations to the Ministry of Health. The Ministry will then submit it to the Prime Minister before August 25.

Meanwhile, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has called on tour companies to protect visitors from A/H1N1 flu infection.

One key recommendation will be to have flu insurance included as part of tour packages, so that if a traveler has to cancel a trip to due to the flu they will be refunded.

The agency has provided the tourism sector with 10 guidelines on how to prevent the spread of the flu without creating panic among tourists.

The Administration’s Information Technology Centre will post the latest news on the flu’s development in Vietnam on the internet along with information on preventing the spread of the epidemic.

The Da Nang city Health Department has conducted a survey of some of the drug stores within the city. The department also warned that the people should not buy Tamiflu as a precaution without a doctor’s prescriptions.

Meanwhile, Vietnam has confirmed that 25 more patients tested positive for the A/H1N1 flu on August 13, bringing the country’s total of super flu victims to 1,300 with two deaths.

Of the newly infected patients, ten are in the southern region, another in the northern region, two in the central region and three in the Central Highlands.

So far, 1,001 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital. The remaining 299 are in quarantine for medical treatment. All are in stable conditions.

According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), 219,681 people in 168 countries and territories were confirmed to have contracted the A/H1N1 virus as of Aug. 13, resulting in 1,882 deaths.