Vietnam's Ministry of Health confirmed 35 more A/H1N1 flu cases in the country, bringing the total number of flu patients to 166, local newspaper the Liberty Saigon reported on Thursday.

Among these new cases, which were all detected in the South of Vietnam, some came to Vietnam on flights coded UA 869, VN 782, andVN850, said the ministry.

Meanwhile, the Ho Chi Minh City Health Quarantine Center isolated 98 more suspected flu cases out of nearly 7,200 arrivals in Vietnam from the infected areas in the past two days, said the newspaper.

The ministry warned of the high risk of widespread of A/H1N1 flu to the community in the coming time as the cases detected have increased quickly.

(Xinhua News Agency July 2, 2009)