![]() ![]() ![]() After my "payment" was made, every thing was going smoothly. ![]() ![]() I was so angry and ashamed with "my people" but of course I cannot denie his request. To avoid hassle with openning & repackaging those boxes (most of them food) I gave him $300,000VND he looked at me and said that it's too little compared to my stuffs. My friends and I went in and the officer there asked my friends to leave the room and signaled me for money (I thought this practice long gone). When I checked in my luggages (10 boxes of a group of 5 people), I was informed that mine needed to be double-checked then was ordered to come into the scanned- room. My nick name is TT, a Vietnamese-American, had come back to Vietnam for the Lunar New Year of 2009 and returned to the USA on Feb 04,2009. until your flight takes off? Grateful if you could share your experience and suggestions.Īn emotion of a Vietnamese-American at the Tan Son Nhat airp Is this prevalent practice? Should we contribute, or have the right to say no? If we do, how much is considered reasonable? What can we do to counter the threat that "a report must be made since you carry over 15 ml VND"? Do they have the right to detain you. I was, and still am, quite angry each time I think about this incident. Any amount in excess, and you are expected to contribute to their private coffers. I felt embarrassed to say here that I was relieved of 500,000 VND! Apparently, you should not have more than 15 ml VND or equivalent - we weren't told of this, as there was no Customs or Immigration forms to fill in when we entered Vietnam. I had to show him all the money, and even my wallet, whcih he boldly took, and went through the money notes piece by piece. I too have been "invited" by a Customs officer to go to the small narrow room next to the cabin bag check x-ray machine (just before passport control) for discussion on how much money I carried. This "extortion" also happens to foreigners! ![]()
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