The HCM City University's Medical Centre last Saturday offered free consultancy services for respiratory diseases and spirometry testing for 30 patients to mark the first ever World Spirometry Day that falls on October 14.

The day aims to raise public awareness of lung health, with spirometry testing being the most common method for testing lung function, said Prof Le Thi Tuyet Lan, head of the respiratory care department.

The testing process, which costs VND200,000 (US$10) for the first test and VND150,000 ($8) for subsequent ones, is available at hospitals and medical centres in 22 cities and provinces nationwide.

Chinese national held for drug trafficking

LANG SON — Police in northern border province of Lang Son arrested a Chinese national earlier this month for allegedly trafficking 800 tablets of an outlawed drug.

The trafficker admitted that he had transported the drugs from China to sell in Viet Nam.

It is thought the man entered Viet Nam through Tan Thanh Bordergate. — VNS