The A/H1N1 flu has hit 59 provinces and cities nationwide by 5.00 pm on October 4, claiming 20 lives. However, the MoH has not yet confirmed the 19^th and 20^th deaths from the flu although they tested positive for the A/H1N1 virus. 

The 19^th victim, who died on October 2, was a driver in Ho Chi Minh City suffering from serious heart diseases. The next, a 63-year-old man in northern Thanh Hoa province, was hospitalised with breathing difficulties and then died of serious pulmonary tuberculosis and respiratory failure one day later. 

The MoH also reported that 8,352 A/H1N1 patients have been discharged from hospital while the remaining cases are still under treatment but all in stable health condition. 

According to the World Health Organisation, there have been 343,298 persons tested positive for the A/H1N1 virus in the world so far and 4,108 of  them have died.