One of the cases was in the central region and the other two were in the Central Highlands, including an infant. 

Ignorance of the severity of the disease and late hospitalisation were blamed for all these deaths. 

The first case was a man in the central city of Danang, who treated himself at home for four days with a self-prescription. He went to the Central Highland province of Kon Tum on October 18-19 on an assignment when he was already suffering from a high fever. Brought to the Danang hospital on October 21, the 41-year old man was diagnosed with an A/H1N1 virus-related pneumonia and died on October 24 despite having been promptly treated with Tamiflu. Two days later the Nha Trang Pasteur Institute confirmed that he tested positive for the epidemic. 

The other case in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak was a 27-year old man. He was brought to the provincial hospital on October 9 for the treatment of chronic malaria. On October 13, the patient had a high fever, heavy coughing and was suffering from breathing difficulties. Although he tested positive for the A/H1N1 virus and was under strict treatment with Tamiflu and anti-biotics, the man left the hospital at 18h30 on October 13 and died at his home on October 15. 

The last case was a 10 month-old girl also in Dak Lak province. She was only brought to hospital four days after catching a high fever and coughing hard with sputum. The little girl was in such a critical condition at the time of hospitalisation that there was little chance of survival despite a full treatment of Tamiflu and anti-biotics. She tested positive for the virus on October 21 and died five days later.