Vietnam's Ministry of Health confirmed eight more A/H1N1 flu cases, raising the total number of infections in the country to 84, local online newspaper the Youth reported Saturday.

Among the newly-confirmed cases, seven are in Ho Chi Minh City and one in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, said the ministry.

The Hanoi patient is a 38-year-old man returning to Vietnam on the flight VN 780 after going on a business trip to Australia. Theman is now being treated at Vietnam's National Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases.

Out of seven cases in Ho Chi Minh City, five came back from infected areas and two were infected with the influenza virus after having contact with flu patients, according to the report.

Vietnam has so far confirmed 84 cases, including 73 in southern provinces, seven in northern and four in central provinces. Among those, there are nine human-to-human transmission cases. A total of 32 patients had been discharged from hospitals, said the report.

Source:Xinhua