Ministry of Defense announces nationwide no-fly zones for UAVs and flycams

Accordingly, no-fly zones and restricted-flight zones for drones and other flying vehicles in Vietnam's airspace are announced on the Ministry of National Defense's Electronic Information Portal.

Bộ Quốc phòng công bố khu vực cấm bay trên cả nước đối với UAV, flycam- Ảnh 1. — Home page interface on the no-fly zone lookup application

Local websites/portals use the link on the Ministry of National Defense's Electronic Information Portal to announce no-fly zones and restricted-flight zones within their administrative boundaries.

According to the Ministry of National Defense, the announcement of no-fly zones and restricted-flight zones aims to provide information to Vietnamese and foreign organizations and individuals involved in the management, exploitation, and use of unmanned aircraft and other flying vehicles in Vietnam's airspace (not applicable to unmanned aircraft and other flying vehicles used for official purposes).

Procedures for granting flight permits for drones and other flying vehicles can be done online through the Ministry of National Defense's administrative procedure settlement information system at https://dichvucong.mod.gov.vn/web/bo-quoc-phong/thu-tuc-hanh-chinh#/thu-tuc-hanh-chinh/5377 .

The application for a flight license includes: an application for a flight license; photos of the aircraft or flying vehicle (minimum size 18 x 24 cm); aeronautical technical description of the aircraft or flying vehicle; a license or legal authorization allowing the aircraft or flying vehicle to take off or land at the airport, on land or on water; other papers and documents related to the aircraft or flying vehicle.

At least 7 working days before the scheduled date of flight organization, organizations and individuals must submit flight permit applications to the Department of Operations (Ministry of National Defense); submit directly at the one-stop department of the Ministry of National Defense or via public postal service to the Department of Operations or submit online on the public service portal of the Ministry of National Defense.

The Operations Department grants licenses to organize flights; or issues documents refusing to grant flight licenses (in the following cases: to ensure security, national defense, aviation safety and when not providing full information as specified in the flight license application).

According to the provisions of the 2024 Law on People's Air Defense, an unmanned aircraft is an aircraft whose control and maintenance of flight operations do not require direct control by a pilot on that aircraft.

Other flying vehicles include balloons, model airplanes, parachutes, kites (except traditional kites) and other piloted or unpiloted flying devices that are not aircraft or unmanned aircraft.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/bo-quoc-phong-cong-bo-khu-vuc-cam-bay-tren-ca-nuoc-doi-voi-uav-flycam-185250615121024118.htm