The order was made following two fatalities of the disease, including a25-year-old man from the southern province of Phu Yen and theother, a six-year-old boy from Ho Chi Minh City .
The ministry has asked authorities to raise public awareness on ways to prevent the disease.
Hospitals and healthcare centres have been asked to try and diagnosethe disease quickly so patients have a better chance of being cured.
The brain-eating amoeba is said to live in freshwater lakes, rivers and reservoirs in tropical and sub-tropical regions.-VNA