Is it prohibited to bring knives on a plane to peel fruit in Vietnam?
Is it prohibited to bring knives on a plane to peel fruit in Vietnam? What is handling for passengers to bring knives on a plane to peel fruit in Vietnam? According to the current law in Vietnam, is there any sanction to handle the screening staff on this flight?
Recently, while surfing Facebook, I saw a case of a passenger using a 20cm long knife to peel fruit on an airplane. However, the knife was discovered and immediately confiscated. May I ask is it illegal to bring knives on the plane? And how will this knife-carrying passenger be handled?
Please advise. Thankyou.
Is it prohibited to bring knives on a plane to peel fruit in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the List of dangerous items prohibited or restricted in restricted areas and on board aircraft promulgated together with Decision 1541/QD-CHK 2021, the list of prohibited items in the cabin of an aircraft and in security restricted areas is as follows:
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No. |
Description |
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1 |
Explosives and incendiary substances and other non-readily available components such as detonators, ignitors and secondary items such as incendiary material devices capable of being used to cause serious injury or threatening the safety of aircraft, including: |
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1.1 |
ammunition |
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1.2 |
blasting caps |
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1.3 |
detonators and fuses |
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1.4 |
replica or imitation explosive devices |
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1.5 |
mines, grenades and other explosive military stores |
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1.6 |
pyrotechnics, including fireworks |
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1.7 |
Smoke-generating canisters or cartridges; and |
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1.8 |
dynamite, gunpowder and plastic explosives; and |
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2 |
guns, firearms and other devices designed to cause serious injury or capable of being mistaken for such devices, including components of firearms and ammunition (improvised, single discharge weapons such as 3D printed items that may not be identifiable). Those include: |
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2.1 |
firearms of all types, including pistols, revolvers, rifles and shotguns |
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2.2 |
toy guns, replicas and imitation firearms capable of being mistaken for real weapons |
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2.3 |
component parts of firearms, excluding telescopic sights |
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2.3 |
compressed air and carbon dioxide guns, including pistols, pellet guns, rifles and ball bearing guns |
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2.4 |
signal flare pistols and starter pistols |
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2.5 |
electrical stun devices and improvised devices |
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2.6 |
laser guns or laser devices (except laser pens used in teaching and presentations) |
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3 |
chemical substances, such as: |
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3.1 |
disabling and incapacitating chemicals, gases and sprays, such as mace, pepper or capsicum sprays, acid sprays, animal repellent sprays, and tear gas; |
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3.2 |
chemicals that, when mixed, are capable of creating a hazard through reaction (hypergolic reactions); and |
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3.3 |
chemicals that cause any hazard to life or property whether or not classified as Dangerous Goods; |
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4 |
Objects with sharp points or sharp edges, and devices that discharge projectiles capable of being used to cause serious injury, including: |
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4.1 |
items designed for chopping, such as axes, hatchets and cleavers; ice axes and ice picks |
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4.2 |
razor blades and box cutters |
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4.3 |
harpoon guns and spear guns; and |
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4.4 |
slingshots and catapults |
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4.5 |
knives with blades of more than 6 cm |
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4.6 |
scissors with blades of more than 6 cm as measured from the fulcrum |
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4.7 |
martial arts equipment with sharp points or sharp edges; and daggers, swords, spears, bayonets, knives, rulers, fists, maces, bows, names, crossbows |
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4.8 |
Camera base, camera, sticks, umbrella with metal chop |
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4.9 |
Other sharp, pointed objects that could be used as weapons totaled more than 10 cm |
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5 |
Workers’ tools capable of being used either to cause serious injury or to threaten the safety of aircraft, including: |
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5.1 |
Crowbars, Spades, hoes, shovels, sickles, chisels, chisels, picks |
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5.2 |
Drills and drill bits, including cordless portable power drills |
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5.3 |
Tools with blades or shafts more than 6 cm capable of use as weapons, such as screwdrivers and chisels |
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5.4 |
Hammers, wrenches, pliers with a length of more than 10 cm |
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5.5 |
Saws, including cordless portable power saws |
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5.6 |
Blowtorches |
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5.7 |
Bolt guns and nail guns |
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6 |
Blunt instruments capable of being used to cause serious injury when used to hit, including: |
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6.1 |
sports clubs such as baseball bats, golf clubs, hockey sticks, billiard clubs, ski clubs |
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6.2 |
clubs and batons, such as billy clubs, blackjacks and night sticks |
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6.3 |
martial arts equipment |
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7 |
LAGs as specified in the guidance material for security controls of LAGs |
Therefore, according to the above regulations in Vietnam, it is prohibited for passengers to bring knives with a length of 20 cm on board the aircraft.
What is handling for passengers to bring knives on a plane to peel fruit in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 26 of Decree No. 162/2018/ND-CP violations against regulations on aviation security control at airports and aerodromes, on flights, and at places with aviation equipment and works as follows:
1. A fine ranging from VND 100,000 (one hundred thousand) to VND 500,000 (five hundred thousand) shall be imposed for taking alcohol, alcoholic liquids and other liquids into the secure area or on an aircraft inconsistently with regulations.
2. A fine ranging from VND 500,000 (five hundred thousand) to VND 1,000,000 (one million) shall be imposed for failure to obey instructions given by aviation security control forces or aviation staff at an airport or aerodrome.
3. A fine ranging from VND 1,000,000 (one million) to VND 3,000,000 (three million) shall be imposed for threatening or reviling aviation staff, passengers or other persons at an airport or aerodrome or at place where aviation building or equipment is located.
4. A fine ranging from VND 3,000,000 (three million) to VND 5,000,000 (five million) shall be imposed for committing one of the following violations:
a) Disrupting, inciting or persuading another to cause disruption to security and safety at an airport or aerodrome, or where civil aviation building or equipment is located but the violation is not serious enough to cause the violating entity to face a criminal prosecution;
b) Entering restricted areas or boarding an aircraft without passing the appropriate gate or door, or without passing through aviation security checking or screening system;
c) Failure to lock the cockpit door throughout the flight as regulated;
d) Breaking orders and disciplines on board the aircraft;
dd) Spreading or providing false information about guns, ammunitions, bombs, mines, explosives, radioactive substances, bio-weapons or chemical weapons but the violation does not interfere with normal civil aviation operations and is not serious enough to cause the violating entity to face a criminal prosecution;
e) Taking person, luggage, cargo, package or other object which is not yet screened by the security into restricted areas in an airport or aerodrome or on an aircraft;
g) Taking person or vehicle into restricted areas in an airport or aerodrome inconsistently with regulations;
h) Using rude gestures and/or words to provoke, tease or insult aviation staff, passengers or other persons at an airport or aerodrome;
i) Threatening or reviling aviation staff or passengers on board an aircraft;
k) Hiring, persuading or inciting other people to fight each other or getting involved in a fight at an airport or aerodrome but the violation is not serious enough to cause the violating entity to face a criminal prosecution.
5. A fine ranging from VND 7,000,000 (seven million) to VND 10,000,000 (ten million) shall be imposed for committing one of the following violations:
a) Illegally entering restricted areas in an airport or aerodrome or where the civil aviation building or equipment is located;
b) Attacking aviation staff, passenger or other people at an airport or aerodrome or at place where the civil aviation building or equipment is located but the violation is not serious enough to cause the violating entity to face a criminal prosecution;
c) Grating permission to take persons or objects into the cockpit inconsistently with regulations;
d) Disrupting, inciting or persuading other people to cause disruption to security and order on board an aircraft but the violation is not serious enough to cause the violating entity to face a criminal prosecution;
dd) Stealing, blatantly appropriating or illegally obtaining objects, equipment or property at an airport or aerodrome, or on board an aircraft but the violation is not serious enough to cause the violating entity to face a criminal prosecution;
e) Taking dangerous articles or substances into restricted areas of an airport or aerodrome inconsistently with regulations but the violation is not serious enough to cause the violating entity to face a criminal prosecution;
g) Failure to comply with regulations on registration and receipt of weapons, combat gears or dangerous articles to be taken into restricted areas or on an aircraft;
h) Failure to provide or providing false or insufficient advance passenger information (API) as regulated;
i) Gambling or allowing another person to organize gambling at the head office or on the vehicle in restrictec areas of an airport or aerodrome or on an aircraft but the violation is not serious enough to cause the violating entity to face a criminal prosecution;
k) Failure to organize pre-flight aircraft security check as regulated;
l) Hiring, persuading or inciting other people to fight each other or getting involved in a fight on board an aircraft but the violation is not serious enough to cause the violating entity to face a criminal prosecution;
m) Transferring weapons or combat gears to unauthorized or ineligible persons for use at an airport or aerodrome or on board an aircraft;
n) Using rude gestures and/or words to provoke, tease or insult aviation staff or passengers on board an aircraft but the violation is not serious enough to cause the violating entity to face a criminal prosecution.
6. A fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 (ten million) to VND 15,000,000 (fifteen million) shall be imposed for committing one of the following violations:
a) Illegally boarding an aircraft;
b) Attacking flight crew members, passengers or other people on board an aircraft but the violation is not serious enough to cause the violating entity to face a criminal prosecution;
c) Illegally taking combat gear, explosive, cold weapon, sporting weapon, hunting rifle or a weapon or article with similar functions into restricted areas of an airport or aerodrome, or on an aircraft but the violation is not serious enough to cause the violating entity to face a criminal prosecution;
d) Having speech threatening aviation safety but the violation is not serious enough to cause the violating entity to face a criminal prosecution;
dd) Taking dangerous articles on an aircraft but the violation is not serious enough to cause the violating entity to face a criminal prosecution.
7. A fine ranging from VND 15,000,000 (fifteen million) to VND 20,000,000 (twenty million) shall be imposed for committing one of the following violations:
a) Spreading or providing false information about guns, ammunitions, bombs, mines, explosives, radioactive substances, bio-weapons or chemical weapons, causing adverse impacts on normal civil aviation operations but the violation is not serious enough to cause the violating entity to face a criminal prosecution;
b) Providing false information which may threaten the safety of ground operation of an aircraft, or the safety of passengers, flight crew, groundcrew or other persons at an airport or aerodrome or where the civil aviation building or equipment is located but the violation is not serious enough to cause the violating entity to face a criminal prosecution;
c) Illegally taking explosive substance or material, military weapon or flammable substance into restricted areas of an airport or aerodrome but the violation is not serious enough to cause the violating entity to face a criminal prosecution.
8. A fine ranging from VND 20,000,000 (twenty million) to VND 30,000,000 (thirty million) shall be imposed for committing one of the following violations:
a) Spreading or providing false information about guns, ammunitions, bombs, mines, explosives, radioactive substances, bio-weapons or chemical weapons, or other information which may threaten the safety of a flying aircraft or persons aboard a flying aircraft;
b) Illegally taking explosive substance or material, military weapon or flammable substance on an aircraft but the violation is not serious enough to cause the violating entity to face a criminal prosecution.
9. Additional penalties:
a) The license or practicing certificate shall be suspended for 01 month if an aviation staff member commits the violation prescribed in Point a Clause 4, Point b, d, dd, i, or l Clause 5 or Point b Clause 6 of this Article;
b) Exhibits and instrumentalities used for committing the violation prescribed in Point i Clause 5 of this Article shall be confiscated.
10. Remedial measures:
a) Enforced control of environmental pollution and prevention of the spread of epidemics if the violation prescribed in Point e Clause 5 of this Article is committed;
b) Enforced return of things, equipment or property stolen, blatantly appropriated or illegally obtained if the violation prescribed in Point dd Clause 5 of this Article is committed.
Therefore, based on the above regulations in Vietnam, in case a passenger brings a 20-centimeter-long fruit knife into the plane's cabin in contravention of regulations, but not yet to the point of criminal prosecution, a fine ranging from VND 7,000,000 to 10,000,000 VND may be imposed.
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