The People's Air Defense Law provides comprehensive regulations for both flying taxis and flying motorbikes.

Continuing the working program at the 8th Session, this afternoon, October 30, the National Assembly discussed in the hall the draft Law on People's Air Defense.

This Law stipulates the principles, tasks, forces, and activities of people's air defense; management of unmanned aircraft and other flying vehicles and ensuring air defense safety; resources, regimes, policies, rights, obligations, and responsibilities of agencies, organizations, enterprises, and individuals regarding people's air defense.

Chairman of the National Defense and Security Committee Le Tan Toi presented a report explaining, accepting and revising the draft Law on People's Air Defense.

Presenting the report explaining, receiving and revising the draft law, Chairman of the National Defense and Security Committee Le Tan Toi said that some opinions suggested explaining the concept of "Unmanned aerial vehicle" more fully and referring to international experience to perfect the concept, covering both flying taxis and flying motorbikes to facilitate implementation.

Based on the opinions of delegates, through studying the concepts of a number of countries and the provisions of the 1944 Convention on Civil Aviation (using the phrase "Unmanned Aircraft" - Article 8 of the Convention), the Standing Committee of the National Assembly has revised this concept to ensure it is suitable, complete, and comprehensive for other unmanned flying devices that may exist in the future such as flying taxis and flying motorbikes.

According to the draft, an “unmanned aircraft” is an aircraft whose flight control and maintenance do not require direct control by a pilot on board.

"Other flying vehicles" include balloons, flying models, parachutes, flying kites (except for folk flying kites) and other flying devices with or without a pilot that are not aircraft or unmanned aircraft.

The draft also stipulates that organizations and individuals permitted to do business in unmanned aircraft, other flying vehicles, aircraft engines, aircraft propellers and equipment and devices of unmanned aircraft and other flying vehicles are allowed to import, export, temporarily import for re-export, temporarily export for re-import unmanned aircraft, other flying vehicles, aircraft engines, aircraft propellers and equipment and devices of unmanned aircraft and other flying vehicles.

The Minister of National Defense and the Minister of Public Security shall grant licenses for the import and export of unmanned aircraft, other flying vehicles, aircraft engines, aircraft propellers, and equipment and devices of unmanned aircraft and other flying vehicles serving the defense and security tasks of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security.

The Law also specifically stipulates the conditions for organizations and individuals conducting business activities in unmanned aircraft, other flying vehicles, aircraft engines, aircraft propellers and equipment and devices of unmanned aircraft and other flying vehicles.

"Drones and other flying vehicles must be registered according to Government regulations before being put into operation and use," according to the draft law.

The Law also prohibits the illegal manufacture, testing, production, repair, maintenance, trading, export, import, temporary import for re-export, temporary export for re-import, ownership, exploitation, and use of unmanned aircraft, other flying vehicles, aircraft engines, aircraft propellers, and equipment and devices of unmanned aircraft and other flying vehicles.

It is also prohibited to use drones or other flying vehicles to carry illegal equipment, weapons, explosives, or prohibited substances, or to propagate, incite, entice, or distort against the Party and the State.

Regarding the organization of the people's air defense force, there is a team to suppress unmanned aircraft and other flying vehicles, as well as the authority and cases of suppression (ie the use of firepower, impulses or other measures to interrupt the operation of unmanned aircraft and other flying vehicles, disable certain functions or completely lose the ability to operate).

After Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang explained the opinions raised by delegates and concluded the working session, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong said the draft law is eligible to be submitted to the National Assembly for approval at this session.

Source: https://vov.vn/chinh-tri/luat-phong-khong-nhan-dan-quy-dinh-bao-quat-doi-voi-ca-taxi-bay-motor-bay-post1132047.vov