Ivory & CITES-Listed Items 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items import prohibited
Can I bring Ivory & CITES-Listed Items into Vietnam?
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items import prohibited
Required at the destination customs authority
Full details
Trade in elephant ivory is banned under CITES Appendix I listings. Both import and export of new ivory are prohibited in virtually all countries that are CITES parties. Antique ivory (pre-1947 and in some markets pre-1975 with documentation) may be e
Active — Customs actively enforces this rule.
Leaving Vietnam with ivory & cites-listed items
Vietnam's Biodiversity Law 2008 (Law No. 20/2008/QH12) and Government Decree 84/2021/ND-CP (on management of endangered species) prohibit export of CITES Appendix I species including elephant ivory without CITES-MA Vietnam authorisation. Vietnam Penal Code 2015 Article 244 imposes up to 15 years imprisonment for wildlife trafficking. Non-detriment findings required from Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST/IEBR).
Do not bring ivory & cites-listed items to this country. Penalties may be severe.
This page covers destination customs rules in Vietnam. Whether you can carry ivory & cites-listed items through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
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Ivory & CITES-Listed Items rules in other countries
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🇺🇸 United States
Commercial ivory trade is banned. Personal importation subject to narrow exemptions.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom
One of the world's strictest ivory bans under the Ivory Act 2018.
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🇿🇦 South Africa
Ivory trade banned under CITES and national law
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🇨🇳 China
Complete ban on ivory trade since 2018
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🇨🇦 Canada
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items import prohibited
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🇦🇺 Australia
Ivory & CITES-Listed Items import prohibited