Vietnam Airlines luggage shipping restrictions

Transportation of passengers and cargoes are the main business purpose of Vietnam Airlines. However, not all kind of goods are carried on Vietnam Flights. To ensure the safety of passengers and keep credibility for this airline in particular and other airlines in general, Vietnam aviation gives a number of criteria for the carriage of goods by air.
Dangerous Goods
Dangerous goods are articles or material may pose a risk to health and safety, wealth or the environment. It includes not only dangerous nature of the manifestation such as acids, radioactive materials, poisons and explosives but also articles, materials having not clear danger such as magnets, car rolling wet using battery, breathing apparatus with compressed air, etc.
The materials, substances are considered dangerous goods. Apart from prohibited substances transported by air must be transported as cargo and packaged according to the special requirements and special service. However, a number of dangerous goods can be accepted to transport as checked baggage or hand luggage.

Passengers should contact the box office, Vietnam Airlines agents to provide necessary requirements and procedures for the specific dangerous goods transported in the form of luggage.
Fragile baggage
The fragile items such as glassware, wine are not be accepted for carriage as baggage. However, if passengers require to transport these fragile items, these items can be carried by the way of baggage. Because its size does not suitable to be carried on the plane. Besides, the cancellation of this transportation will cause difficulties for passengers. Vietnam Airlines Flights will accept the carriage of passengers provided that passengers will have to bear all the risks in the transport process.
Fresh, perishable products
The following items may be considered perishable fresh products:
Fresh and frozen foods such as fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, and bread types.
The plants and the children food such as fruits and leafy vegetables.
The flowers and leaves are cut off from their bodies.
These fresh perishable items are not accepted for carriage as baggage. In some cases these items may be accepted as transporting luggage and passengers must bear all risks of damage that may occur during shipping process. These fresh items are ensured to be packaged. Packaging must be sure to avoid causing damage to other luggage. Vietnam Airlines will not refund excess baggage and compensation for this fresh items seized in cases of prescribed quarantine at the airport or on the way to the airport.
Liquids
In flights of VN Airlines, each passenger is allowed to take no more than 1 liter of fluid in the hand luggage. Except for liquids, gels and aerosol types including medicines, food or milk for infants, dietary or liquids purchased at duty-free shops at the airport or purchased on board.
All liquids must be packed in bottles, glass jars, jars with capacity of not exceeding 100ml and completely closed. All bottles, jars, jugs of liquid have to fit in a pocket transparent plastic. Each passenger may only carry one plastic bag containing liquids.
Medication must be accompanied by a prescription stating full name and address of the prescription or doctor, name and address of the passenger. Milk, food for babies are used for babies on board.
The liquids purchased at duty-free shops at the airports or on aircraft is exempted from limitations as prescribed above, and must be packed in transparent plastic bags of these stores with stipulated sealed, and receipt/invoice inside.
High value baggage
It is noted that passengers are not allowed to keep money, jewelry, precious metal , silver jewelry, contracts or other security or other valuable goods, business documents, passports, identity cards and other types of samples in baggage.
To sum up, when traveling with Vietnam Airlines, customers can totally trust in the quality of VN Air transportation in both human and cargo.
Source: http://www.vietnamairlines.travel/