Vietnam: Determining and announcing the no-fly zone and restricted flying area

According to the Decree No. 125/2015/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, dangerous area, no-fly zone and restricted flying area are determined as follows:

1. Setting up, modifying, canceling and announcing the no-fly zone and restricted flying area

- The Ministry of Defense shall agree with the Ministry of Transport to set up, modify and cancel the no-fly zone and restricted flying area for the purpose of ensuring the national defense and social security and safety and request the decision from the Prime Minister.

- In case of decisions on temporary flight prohibition or flight restriction, the General Staff shall immediately inform the Air and Air Defense Force, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam and the air traffic flow management Center; these decisions shall take immediate effect. The air traffic flow management Center shall immediately inform the relevant bodies and units to coordinate and implement these decisions; the Vietnam Aeronautical Information Center shall release an appropriate notice of airmen (NOTAM) to the no-fly zone and restricted flying area which has been set up or canceled.

- The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam shall inform the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the relevant bodies and units and announce in the aeronautical information publication (AIP) of Vietnam of the no-fly zone and restricted flying area which has been set up, modified or canceled.

2. Defining and announcing the dangerous areas

- The Department of Operations shall define and inform the air traffic flow management Center of the dangerous areas within at least twenty four (24) hours before any activity which can cause danger to the flights. In case of emergency of occurrence of air defense operations, the national Center for flight operation management and the area centers for flight operation management must immediately inform the relevant area control center and the air traffic flow management Center; the air traffic flow management Center shall immediate inform the Vietnam Aeronautical Information Center to release an appropriate notice of airmen (NOTAM) of the dangerous areas.

- The notification of dangerous areas specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 10 of Decree No. 125/2015/NĐ-CP consists of the following information:

+ Activities causing dangers;

+ Location defined by WGS84 coordinate system;

+ Horizontal and vertical limit;

+ Validity period of dangerous areas;

+ Warnings to the flight activities;

+ Information which must ensure the national security secrets (if any);

+ Other necessary conditions to ensure the safety of flight activities.

- The air traffic flow management Center shall take measures to ensure the flight safety and immediately inform the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam and the relevant bodies and units; the Vietnam Aeronautical Information Center shall release an appropriate notice of airmen (NOTAM) of the established dangerous areas.

View more details at the Decree No. 125/2015/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from January 26, 2016.

Thuy Tram

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