The Vietnamese health authorities said another tourist from Canada arriving in the country on Wednesday has showed flu-like symptoms, the local newspaper Labor reported on Friday.

The man, whose age is not mentioned by the newspaper and entered Vietnam via the Lao Bao international border gate of the central Quang Tri province, showed higher body temperature and had cough. He was isolated and suspected of having the flu A/H1N1 virus.

The test result is not available now, said health officials.

Amid the high possibility o the flu reaching the country, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Thursday requested ministries, authorities in cities and provinces of Vietnam nationwide to take swift action to prevent an outbreak of the A/H1N1 flu in the country.

(Xinhua News Agency May 15, 2009)