The latest infection was under human-to-human transmission in Vietnam.

The new infected is one of the eight Vietnamese citizens who returned from the Chinese city of Wuhan on a January 17 Southern China flights.

Five of the eight Nihon Plast Company workers have been confirmed positive with the nCoV.

So far six out of 15 infections in Vietnam have recovered and been discharged from hospital.

The latest case has driven up the number of infections in Vinh Phuc to 11, followed by Ho Chi Minh City with 3.