HANOI, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's Ministry of Health confirmed eight more A/H1N1 flu cases in the country, bringing total number of flu patients to 131, the local newspaper the People's Army reported Wednesday.

    Of the eight newly-detected cases, six cases were detected in the South of Vietnam and the rest two in the North, said the ministry.

    Among these new cases, there were six arrivals, including one German and five Vietnamese, from infected countries to Vietnam on flights coded TG 686, UA 869, VN 929, and VN780. The other two were human-to-human transmission flu cases, said the ministry.

    Vietnam has so far reported no death of the influenza A/H1N1.

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