The patient, 61 hailing from Tien Giang province, southern Vietnam, suffers from diabetes (type II) and high blood pressure.
She tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus on June 15, showing virus like symptoms, including a cough, fatigue, and shortness of breath.
The patient died five days later of COVID-19, respiratory failure, septic shock and chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension.
This is the 35th COVID-19 death Vietnam has recorded during the latest coronavirus outbreak, and the 70th fatality since last year.