All the latest patients are domestic infections, with Ha Noi reporting the most with 309 cases, followed by the northern province of Vinh Phuc and the central province of Nghe An with 92 and 83 cases, respectively.
The ministry said there were 7,223 new recoveries, taking the total number of recovered cases to 9,422,085.
The ministry also announced that there is no coronavirus-related death recorded over the last 24 hours.
The Southeast Asian nation has administered 220,141,209 COVID-19 vaccine doses, an increase of 344,981 doses from Wednesday./.