The figure was made known by Vietnam's leading internet security firm, Bach Khoa Internetwork Security Centre (BKAV).
A survey conducted by the firm found there had been no significantimprovement in the number of infected computers from April 2012 – April2013.
The figure was based on the number of computers inVietnam which had reached 5.9 million, according to the ICT WhiteBook released by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) in2012.
"This means each end user in Vietnam lost 1.34million VND in the period," said Nguyen Minh Duc, director of BKAV'sinternet security department.
However, the company saidthe figure was still low compared with other countries such as England, which lost some 43 billion USD each year due to computer viruses.
Further figures from BKAV showed that 93 percent of Vietnam 's PCsbecame infected at least once by a virus during that period, up 5percent compared to the previous year.
In addition, about36 percent of PCs within Vietnam encountered a virus once a monthduring the period, while the major avenue for the spread of theinfections continued to be USB gateways.
The situationcould become more serious with the rampant W32.USBFakeDrive maliciousfirmware, which was detected by BKAV in March 2013.
BKAV experts said that the main factor attributed to PCs in Vietnam becoming infected was cracked or unlicensed software.
Users also clicked on strange links that led to websites contaminated with Fake AV virus.-VNA
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