Hundreds of Vietnamese and foreign scientists gathered in Nha Trang City in Khanh Hoa province in Vietnam in late September 2018 to announce Vietnam had successfully produced vaccines against seasonal flu and H5N1 influenza. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of flu patients hospitalised has increased sharply for the last month, said Dao Xuan Co, head of Bach Mai Hospital’s Department of Intensive Care on Tuesday in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi-based Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases confirmed a Thanh Hoa-born female patient had died of influenza A virus strain H1N1.

Since January 19, 41 students of the Tri Duc high school in Hanoi have been hospitalized with symptoms of flu. Quick tests showed that they were positive for H1N1 virus, the strain that caused the pandemic in 2009.

VietNamNet Bridge – An increasing number of people have contracted human influenza type A/H1N1 in recent days, including whole families, but doctors are calling for public calm after establishing it is merely seasonal flu.