The 30-year-old, who lives in Minh Quang commune, Tam Dao district, was one of 8 Vietnamese workers attending a training course in Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the nCoV epidemic. The man returned to Vietnam on January 17 on a China Southern flight. He and four others of his group have tested positive for the virus.

He is being isolated and receiving treatment at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Dong Anh district, Hanoi, and is currently in stable condition.