Vietnam last year received some 18 million foreign tourists, including 5.8 million Chinese guests.

During their stay in Danang, the Chinese tourists did not show any symptoms of the new coronavirus (nCoV), VnExpress cited a report by the local government as saying.

The first novel coronavirus patient in Vietnam is currently conscious, and can breathe by himself, eat and sleep, showed no signs of fever.

Vietnam will temporarily stop granting tourist visas for Chinese of nCoV-infected territories, except urgent cases.

Fears of the nCoV, also known as the Wuhan virus, have sent major bourses in Asia and Europe tumbling.