The three localities with the highest case count are Ho Chi Minh City with 1,240 infections, followed by Dong Nai and An Giang, with 743 and 631, respectively.
The Health Ministry also confirmed 1,843 recoveries the same day, bringing the total tally of recovered cases so far to 858,054.
The Covid-19 death toll in Vietnam rose to 23,018 with the confirmation of 88 deaths Saturday.
By Saturday, 33.7 million of Vietnam's 96-million population have received two Covid-19 vaccine doses.
Since the pandemic started last year, Vietnam has recorded over one million cases.