What are the fines for failure to have adequate documents while operating an UAV or ultralight aircraft in Vietnam?

What are the fines for failure to have adequate documents while operating an UAV or ultralight aircraft in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2 Article 7 of the Decree 144/2021/NĐ-CP, a fine ranging from 1.000.000 VND to 2.000.000 VND shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

a) Using alcohol or stimulants in a manner that disrupts public order;

b) Assembling, joining a crowd in a public area in a manner that disrupts public order;

c) Allowing a domestic animal to cause injuries or damage to property of another organization or individual but not liable to criminal prosecution;

d) Flying kites, balloons, playing other flying toys in an area where they are banned or in a protected area;

dd) Using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or an ultralight aircraft without a flight license, or organizing flights before having the license or after having been registered but the permitted time, location, area, coordinates and limits are not adhered to;

e) Obstructing, harassing another person during handling, transport, storage of luggage at a market, wharf, bus station, airport, port, train station or another public area;

g) Lighting and launching sky lanterns;

h) Failure to have adequate documents while operating an UAV or ultralight aircraft;

i) Organizing flights of an UAV or ultralight aircraft while the operator has not fulfilled flight requirements;

k) Organizing flights of an UAV or ultralight aircraft while the UAV or ultralight aircraft is not flight-qualified;

l) Spraying paint, writing, drawing, sticking images or text on a wall, utility pole or another place in a residential area, public area, apartment building, a citizen's residence or another construction work without permission of a competent authority.

As regulations above, a fine ranging from 1.000.000 VND to 2.000.000 VND shall be imposed for failure to have adequate documents while operating an UAV or ultralight aircraft in Vietnam. If the violator is an organization, they shall be fined from 2.000.000 VND to 4.000.000 VND.

What are the fines for repairing, maintaining, testing UAVs or ultralight aircrafts, engines, propellers and parts thereof without maintaining fulfillment of personnel requirements under the license issued by a competent authority in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 3 Article 7 of the Decree 144/2021/NĐ-CP, a fine ranging from 2.000.000 VND to 3.000.000 VND shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

a) Taunting, teasing, insulting, humiliating another person, except the cases specified in Point b Clause 2 Article 21 and Article 54 of this Decree;

b) Organizing, hiring, enticing, tempting another person to cause injuries or bodily harms, or to insult or humiliate another person but not liable to criminal prosecution;

c) Providing false information for a competent authority or organization;

d) Calling 111, 113, 114, 115 or a hotline number of an organization for the purpose of harassment, threatening or insulting;

dd) Manufacturing, storing, transporting sky lanterns;

e) Designing, manufacturing, repairing, maintaining, testing UAVs or ultralight aircrafts, engines, propellers and parts thereof without adequate legal documents issued by or registered with competent authorities as per regulations;

g) Designing, manufacturing, repairing, maintaining, testing UAVs or ultralight aircrafts, engines, propellers and parts thereof without maintaining fulfillment of personnel requirements under the license issued by a competent authority;

h) Designing, manufacturing, repairing, maintaining, testing UAVs or ultralight aircrafts, engines, propellers and parts thereof without adequate equipment, tools, workshop, area under the license issued by a competent authority;

i) Designing, manufacturing, repairing, maintaining, testing UAVs or ultralight aircrafts, engines, propellers and parts thereof without compliance with regulations of law on security, safety and environment.

As regulations above, a fine ranging from 2.000.000 VND to 3.000.000 VND shall be imposed for repairing, maintaining, testing UAVs or ultralight aircrafts, engines, propellers and parts thereof without maintaining fulfillment of personnel requirements under the license issued by a competent authority in Vietnam. If the violator is an organization, they shall be fined from 4.000.000 VND to 6.000.000 VND.

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