HO CHI MINH CITY, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday confirmed four additional Zika patients, bringing the total number of cases in the city to 69, the municipal Preventive Medicine Center said.

To date, 17 out of 24 rural and urban districts of Ho Chi Minh City have reported Zika cases.

Vietnam has so far detected 78 Zika cases, including 69 from Ho Chi Minh City, two each in Dak Lak, Binh Duong and Ba Ria Vung Tau provinces, and one in Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen and Long An provinces respectively.