Full thoughts posted on my blog, VNAFlyer:
Passenger Fined US$187 for Smoking on a VNA Flight; Is That Enough?
An Australian-Vietnamese passenger was fined ₫4 million (US$187) for smoking in a lavatory on board a Vietnam Airlines (VNA) flight inbound from Australia.
The incident happened Wednesday on flight VN772 from Sydney (SYD) to Tan Son Nhat Airport (SGN).
http://vnaflyer.blogspot.com/2015/02...moking-on.html
The relatively small penalty, I think, are one of the things the CAAV will have to change if they want to get the FAA's CAT-1 status, which would allow VN to start up direct flights to the US.
$187 isn't much. $5000, I think, is a better deterrent.
And the CAAV STILL didn't fine the full amount possible!