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Feathers & Plumage → Vietnam
Purpose: Traveling · Verified: 2026-08-22
No specific restrictions for personal feathers & plumage
Details
No specific restrictions for personal feathers & plumage. Quantity guidance for Vietnam: Personal use. Documentation: Provenance documentation (purchase receipt, auction catalogue). Allowed status assumes personal-use quantities — commercial-scale amounts move the entry into formal import procedures with duty and documentation. Arrival checks are carried out by General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC); when in doubt use the declare (red) channel — declared goods at worst attract duty or surrender, while undeclared goods attract penalties. Leaving Vietnam with feathers & plumage is a separate question: restricted — Feather export from Vietnam depends on the species — most wild-bird feathers are protected under CITES or national bird laws; farmed and craft feathers move freely.
Quantity limit
Personal use
Documentation required
- Provenance documentation (purchase receipt, auction catalogue)
Leaving with this item
Feather export from Vietnam depends on the species — most wild-bird feathers are protected under CITES or national bird laws; farmed and craft feathers move freely.
Practical advice
Feathers & Plumage may be brought to Vietnam for personal use. Cultural-heritage items over the origin-country's protection-threshold age (typically 100+ years for antiquities) require an export licence from the origin's cultural-affairs authority — the destination-side rule is usually simpler than the origin-side. Carry provenance documentation (purchase receipt from a licensed dealer, auction-house certificate) to demonstrate lawful origin.
Customs authority
General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC) · https://www.customs.gov.vn