Decree No. 79/2011/ND-CP dated September 05, 2011 of the Government amending, supplementing some articles of the Decree No. 36/2008/ND-CP dated March 28, 2009 of the Government on management of unmanned aircraft and ultralight aircraft and the Decree No. 58/2010/ND-CP dated June 01, 2010 of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of some articles of the Law on Militia and Self-Defense Forces

REDUCE ½ TIME FOR FLIGHT AUTHORIZATION

On September 05, 2011, the Government issued the Decree No. 79/2011/ND-CP amending, supplementing some articles of the Decree No. 36/2008/ND-CP dated March 28, 2009 of the Government on management of unmanned aircraft and ultralight aircraft and the Decree No. 58/2010/ND-CP dated June 01, 2010 of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of some articles of the Law on Militia and Self-Defense Forces.

Accordingly, any individual or organization when wishing to organize flight activities, organizations and individuals shall submit dossiers of application for flight licenses without technical documents on flying vehicles, including photos of the type of the aircraft or flying vehicle and a written explanation of technical aviation properties of the aircraft or flying vehicle as previous regulations. Time limit for licensing or refusing to license flying activities is shortened from 10 (ten) days to 05 (five) days.

However, an application for a flight license in Vietnamese and English instead of only by Vietnamese as previous regulations.

The Decree also regulates in details the time for receiving dossiers for allowance of militiamen and self-defense members who are sick, are dead or have accidents; in particular, term for receiving dossiers from commune-level military commands, commands of grassroots agencies and organizations, heads of agencies, organizations, enterprise owners or legal representatives of enterprise owners (where not having military commands) is 03 (three) days; from commune-level military commands is 05 (five) days; from commune-level People’s Committees is 05 (five) days.