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Conditions of carriage
Vietnam Airlines applies some conditions of carriage to ensure passenger safety on flights. Please, see more details here.
Criteria and Conditions for Online Booking
Please see details on conditions for using the booking system here.
Conditions for using our website and E-Commerce App
We apply the conditions to users of the Vietnam Airlines website and E-Commerce App to ensure their benefits.
Hotel reservation conditions
In response to the customer's accommodation needs, Vietnam Airlines partnered with Booking.com to provide a hotel search on Vietnam Airlines' website. Please see hotel booking conditions under Booking.com here.
Article 5. Cargo acceptance The carrier undertakes to transport shipments, subject to the availability of suitable equipment and capacity. In addition to the carrier’s regulations, cargo acceptance shall comply with the following requirements: 1. The transport thereof is not prohibited by the laws or regulations of any country to be flown from, to or over. 2. The shipment is packed, marked, labeled in a manner suitable for carriage by air. 3. The shipment is accompanied by requisite shipping documents. 4. The shipment is not likely to endanger aircraft, properties, persons and other shipments. The carrier reserves the right without assuming any liability to refuse transport of cargo when circumstances so require.
Article 6. Valuation limit of shipment
The carrier has the right to refuse transport of shipments or groups of shipments having a declared value for carriage in excess of USD 2,000,000 or equipvalent in one flight.
Article 7. Packing, marking and labeling
1. Shipper is responsible for ensuring that the cargo is packed in an appropriate way for transport so as to ensure that: a) The shipment can be safely tranported with ordinary care in handling. b) The shipment can be protected from normal weather conditions such as rain, wind, heat and cold. c) The shipment does not injure or damage any persons, animals, goods or property. d) Each piece of the shipment shall be legibly and durably marked with the name and full address of the shipper and consignee. e) Each piece of the shipment shall be attached with cargo identification labels and special cargo labels (when sending special cargo) as required by the carrier subject to each kind of cargo. 2. Packages of valuable cargo shall be strongly packed and sealed if so requested by the carrier. 3. The carrier is under no obligation to note or be aware of any information in consolidated or pre-packed shipments. 4. The carrier reserves the right to refuse the transport of shipments that is not properly packed or marked.
Article 8. Special cargo acceptance
1.Special cargo including but not limited to valuable cargo, dangerous goods, live animals, perishable cargo, fragile cargo, human remains, etc., are accepted only under the conditions set forth in regulations of the carrier and of concerning countries applicable to the transport of such cargo. 2.For dangerous goods, the shipper is responsible for ensuring nature of goods to comply with regulations of the carrier and concerning regulations. During the transport, in the carrier’s opinion, if the shipment is found to be dangerous, inflammable, explosive, volatile, offensive or damaging in nature, the carrier reserves the right to retain, destroy or dispose the shipment without compensation to shipper and at the sole cost of shipper. 3.If shipper violates the regulation of dangerous goods declaration, his violation will be treated in accordance with the law and the carrier’s regulations: a.The carrier can temporarily stop transport of that shipper’s cargo within a time period and inform him of such decision; b. After taking an audit of that shipper’s corrective actions, the carrier will make decision of recovering transport of that shipper’s cargo; c. The shipper is liable for any loss or damage arising from his violation in declaration to the carrier and the third party. 4. Special cargo shall be packed and sufficiently documented in accordance with the carrier’s special cargo handling procedures which are incorporated and form part of these Conditions. In case such shipment is damaged for any reason, the carrier in its sole discretion may take actions as it deems appropriate. 5. Responsibility for non-observance of conditions relating to the transport of special cargo rests upon the shipper who shall indemnify the carrier for any loss, damage, delay or penalties the carrier may incur because of the transport of such cargo.
Article 9. The carrier’s right of inspection
The carrier reserves the right to examine the packaging and contents of shipments and to enquire into the sufficiency of information or documents tendered in respect of any shipment. However, the carrier shall be under no obligation to do so. Shipper shall warrant to provide the carrier with information of number of pieces, weight of packages at the time of booking and acceptance. However, due to the carrier has no obligation to examine contents of shipments, he is exempt from any liabilities for costs as a result of shipper’s non-compliance with the warranty.
Article 10. Loading by shipper himself
Passengers are required to have adequate travel documents for all flights on all concerned airlines and to abide by national laws and regulations. Vietnam Airlines does not take responsible if passengers are denied entry into any country.
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