Overview
- A short video that circulated on X and Reddit on Thursday shows a group of Indian tourists performing garba beside a parked VietJet Air aircraft on a Vietnam airport tarmac.
- Airport ground personnel are seen approaching the group in the clip and ordering them to stop, reflecting that the activity took place in an operational area.
- Aviation commentators warned that tarmac areas pose real hazards such as jet-engine ingestion, exhaust exposure and vehicle movements, and that unauthorised passenger movement breaches standard airside rules.
- The clip has divided online opinion between defenders who call it cultural expression and critics who say the behaviour worsens stereotypes of Indian tourists and risks reputational fallout.
- So far no airport authority or VietJet Air statement has been reported about fines or penalties, and the episode has reignited broader debates about travel etiquette and 'civic sense' abroad.