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Flight delay compensation in Vietnam
Under Vietnam's rules, leave four hours or more late through the airline's fault and you may be owed a fixed sum, by distance. Claims have a 90-day limit. Here is what the rules say, a claim you can send today, and where the airline takes it.
General information, not legal advice. Not a promise of payment.
What the Vietnamese rules say
- Compensation
- 4+ h late at departure: you may be owed a fixed sum, by distance — if the fault was the airline's.
- While you wait
- From 2 h: drinks. From 3 h: a meal. From 6 h: a place to rest, or a hotel overnight.
- Refund or rebooking
- From 4 h: a refund of the unused fare if you turn down re-routing.
- When nothing is owed
- Many outs here: weather, ATC, security — and technical faults found in operation also excuse the payout.
- Time limits
- Compensation claims: within 90 days of the flight. Refund claims: within 60.
These are the lines AirwayControl shows for a route under these rules, word for word.
Which flights are covered
- Departing Vietnam.
Where the airline takes a claim
The claim goes to the airline that operated the flight. Vietnam Airlines is licensed in Vietnam and takes a claim through its own page.
Links read on each airline's own site and last checked 13 August 2026.
A claim you can send today
This is the claim AirwayControl writes for a flight under the Vietnamese rules. It names the rules, asks for what they provide and asks the airline to give its reasons if it says no. It names no sum. Fill in the brackets and send it from your own email.
Dear [airline], I am writing about flight [flight number] on [date]. I am claiming the compensation and assistance I am entitled to as a passenger on that flight. Flight details Flight number: [flight number] Date: [date] Route: [from] to [to] Scheduled arrival: [time] Booking reference: [reference] [What happened: for example, "The flight arrived 3 hours 20 minutes late" or "The flight was cancelled on the day".] I am claiming the compensation and services provided for by Decree 208/2026/ND-CP on passenger rights, and I make this claim within the time limit it sets. If you consider an exemption applies, please set out which one and why. Please confirm receipt and let me know the outcome in writing. If you consider that compensation is not due, please tell me the specific reason and the evidence you rely on. Kind regards, [your name]
AirwayControl
Or let the app fill it in.
AirwayControl is a flight tracker for iPhone and Apple Watch. Set your flight before you leave, and it follows the day for you. If the day goes wrong, it already knows the details the claim needs.
- It tells you when it matters. A notification when your flight lands three hours late or more.
- It knows which rules cover your route. EU 261, UK 261 and the rules of 18 more countries, in plain words.
- It fills in the claim. Airline, flight number, date and route come from My Flight.
- You send it. From your own email, or through the airline's own claim form with every answer ready to copy.
- No fee and no share. AirwayControl never takes a part of what you receive.
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Questions people ask
How much is flight delay compensation in Vietnam?
4+ h late at departure: you may be owed a fixed sum, by distance — if the fault was the airline's. Many outs here: weather, ATC, security — and technical faults found in operation also excuse the payout.
What am I owed while I wait?
From 2 h: drinks. From 3 h: a meal. From 6 h: a place to rest, or a hotel overnight. From 4 h: a refund of the unused fare if you turn down re-routing.
Which flights do the Vietnamese rules cover?
Departing Vietnam.
How long do I have to claim?
Compensation claims: within 90 days of the flight. Refund claims: within 60.
Is AirwayControl a claims company?
No. It tells you which rules cover your route and writes the claim, and you send it from your own email. AirwayControl never sends or handles a claim for you, and takes no share.
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By airline
Where each airline takes a claim, and which rules cover its flights.
Europe
- Air France
- airBaltic
- Austrian Airlines
- British Airways
- Corendon Airlines Europe
- easyJet
- Eurowings
- Finnair
- Iberia
- Icelandair
- ITA Airways
- KLM
- LOT Polish Airlines
- Lufthansa
- Norwegian
- Ryanair
- SAS
- SWISS
- TAP Air Portugal
- Turkish Airlines
- Virgin Atlantic
- Vueling
- Widerøe
- Wizz Air
The Americas
Middle East, Africa and Asia
By country
What the rules of each country say. The main guide covers EU 261.
Europe
The Americas
Asia
General information about air passenger rules, not legal advice and not a promise of payment. Your airline decides; a complaints body decides on appeal. AirwayControl never submits or handles claims: the mail is yours, from your own account. Rules last checked 9 August 2026. Airline links last checked 13 August 2026. AirwayControl is not affiliated with any airline.
The Vietnamese rules: the law the claim above names is the source of these lines.