Is it permissible for drunk people to travel by plane in Vietnam?

Is it permissible for drunk people to travel by plane in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 146 of the Law on Vietnam Civil Aviation in 2006 stipulating refusal to carry passengers who have tickets and seats confirmed in the flight or during journey in Vietnam as follows:

1. Due to the health conditions of a passenger, the carrier recognizes that the carriage or continued carriage may cause harms to such passenger, other passengers on board the aircraft or to the flight.

2. To prevent the spread of epidemics.

3. The passenger fails to observe regulations on assurance of aviation safety and security and operation of air carriage.

4. The passenger commits an act of disturbing public order, endangering the safety of the flight or affecting others' life, health and property.

5. Passengers cannot control their acts under the influence of alcohol, beer or other stimulants.

6. For security reasons.

7. At the request of competent state agencies.

As regulations above, if your friend had drunk alcohol but he could control his acts, he would have been allowed to get on the plane.

In Vietnam: Will passengers receive compensation when a flight is delayed?

Pursuant to Article 4 of the Circular 14/2015/TT-BGTVT (amended by Clause 1 Article 2 of the Circular 21/2020/TT-BGTVT) stipulating obligations of transporters as follows:

1. Compensate for non-refunded advance for customers having tickets and confirmed seats on flights with amount specified under Article 8 of this Circular in case of rejected transportation, cancelled flight or delayed flights, except for cases of receiving exemption from responsibilities specified under Article 5, Article 6 and Article 7 of this Circular.

2. Publicize on websites of transporters, airports, representative offices, ticket offices and ticket sale systems of transporters regarding cases of compensation for non-refunded advance, amount of compensation, detailed methods, compensation deadline and specific address for compensation.

3. Inform airport authorities, airport enterprises and passenger terminal service providers about reasons for cancelled flights and delayed flights immediately after decisions on cancellation are issued or as soon as delayed flights are identified to supervise and update on information system of airports and aerodromes.

4. Within 72 hours from the moment in which flights are expected to take off (in case of cancelled flights) or actually take off (in case of flights where customers are rejected or delayed flights) or irregularly at request of airport authorities, airlines are responsible for reporting to airport authorities about compensating for non-refunded advance of flights as follows:

a) Name: Report on compensation for non-refunded advance for customers rejected from flights and having cancelled flights;

b) Details: information on flights of airlines, information on rejected customers, customers with cancelled flights and solutions of the airlines;

c) Methods of submitting and receiving reports: physical or digital reports shall be submitted in person, via postal service, fax or other appropriate methods as per the law;

d) Report form: follow Annex I attached to this Circular.

5. Accept and process complaints of customers rejected from flights, having cancelled flights or delayed flights.

6. Record contact information provided by customers namely: mobile number, landline number, email or number of relatives in case of failure to contact to provide information on cancelled flights and delayed flights 24 hours prior to estimated take-off time to serve as the basis for obligation exemption specified under Clause 1 Article 7 of this Circular.

Pursuant to Article 8 of the Circular 14/2015/TT-BGTVT (amended by Clause 4 Article 2 of the Circular 27/2017/TT-BGTVT) stipulating compensation levels as follows:

1. Compensation levels for a domestic flight paid to each passenger:

a) A flight of less than 1,500 km in distance: VND 200,000;

b) A flight of greater than 500 km but less than 1,000 km in distance: VND 300,000;

c) A flight of greater than 1,000 km in distance: VND 400,000;

2. Compensation for an international flight paid to each passenger:

a) A flight of less than 1,000 km in distance: 25 USD;

b) A flight of greater than 1,000 km but less than 2,500 km in distance: 50 USD;

c) A flight of greater than 2,500 km but less than 5,000 km in distance: 80 USD;

d) A flight of greater than 5,000 km: 150 USD;

3. The carrier may regulate its compensation levels provided that they are not lower than compensation levels prescribed in Clause 1 and Clause 2 of this Article.

4. The non-refundable fixed compensation shall only apply once in the cases where the flight has been delayed for a long time and then cancelled.

As regulations above, each airlines will have different levels of compensation for passengers, whose flights are delayed or postponed. However, the minimum compensation must not be under the levels as prescribed above.

Best regards!