Ho Chi Minh city detected the highest number of new cases (1,018), followed by Dong Nai (501), and Binh Duong (447).

The ministry also confirmed 93 COVID-19 deaths Tuesday, bringing the nation's death toll since the pandemic started to 20,763, or 2.4% of the total infections.

Over 55 million people in Vietnam have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot.