Pet travel route
Dog or cat from Serbia to Vietnam: official requirements
Possible. There is no official waiting period, but you still need: health confirmation from your vet, no more than 48 hours old and quarantine (health) certificate from the exporting country.
Rules checked up to 13 October 2026From 3 official pages
In short
- No rabies blood test, import permit or quarantine on this route for a pet that meets the rules.
- Coming back to Serbia? 3 steps have to happen before your pet leaves.
Limited official guidance. The authority for leaving Serbia publishes little for this route. Everything it does say is here, with its wording. Serbia's Veterinary Directorate publishes its request form for an export certificate for live animals, with notes for pets, and answers on travelling to the EU. It doesn't say how long before departure to apply. Send the request early: the form gives the inspection up to 30 days to decide.
Limited official guidance. The authority for entering Vietnam publishes little for this route. Everything it does say is here, with its wording. Viet Nam's 2026 circular on animal quarantine sets out what happens at the border for a pet carried by a traveller, but it doesn't list what the exporting country's quarantine certificate must state (for example a rabies vaccination or its timing), and we found no official English page for pet owners. Ask the animal quarantine office at your arrival airport and your airline what the certificate must show before you travel.
At a glance
The rules on this route are the same for dogs and cats.
How early to start
No official wait
whether or not your pet is already microchipped and vaccinated
No official wait still means appointments: health confirmation from your vet, no more than 48 hours old and quarantine (health) certificate from the exporting country. Book them early; lab and paperwork times are not counted.
On this route
- No rabies blood test
- No import permit
- No quarantine
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Serbia → Vietnam
What your pet needs
In the order you do them. Each step says whether Serbia (leaving) or Vietnam (entering) asks for it.
In the days before you travel
Vet examLeaving Serbia
Health confirmation from your vet, no more than 48 hours old
A veterinary station or practice confirms your pet's health (уверење о здравственом стању). For a pet, this confirmation must be no more than 48 hours old when the veterinary inspection issues the export certificate.
Details and the official words
“Уверење о здравственом стању животиња”
“Документ стар не више од 10 дана, а за кућне љубимце потврда не старија од 48 часова”
PaperworkSerbia and Vietnam
Quarantine (health) certificate from the exporting country
Your pet travels with the quarantine certificate issued by the exporting country's authority. The border quarantine office in Viet Nam checks it. The circular doesn't say how recent it must be or what it must state: ask the quarantine office at your arrival airport.
Details and the official words
Export certificate from a Serbian veterinary inspector: Send the request for an export certificate for live animals to the Veterinary Directorate's veterinary inspection (also by email to vetinspekcija@minpolj.gov.rs) with the vet's health confirmation, the pet passport, the antibody test report and the import permit if your destination asks for them, and proof that you paid the two administrative taxes (420 + 9,160 = 9,580 dinars, one payment possible). As a pet owner you don't need an approved export establishment or a disinfection certificate for the vehicle. A Serbian veterinary inspector issues the certificate.
The form gives the inspection up to 30 days from the request to decide, and treats a request as incomplete if missing documents aren't sent within 8 days. It doesn't say how long before departure to apply: ask the veterinary inspection, and allow for the 48-hour limit on the vet's health confirmation.
“Cơ quan kiểm dịch động vật cửa khẩu thực hiện: Kiểm tra Giấy chứng nhận kiểm dịch của nước xuất khẩu; kiểm tra lâm sàng động vật;”
“За некомерцијално кретање кућних љубимаца неопходан је ветеринарски сертификат који издаје надлежни ветеринарски инспектор Републике Србије.”
“ЗАХТЕВ ЗА ИЗДАВАЊЕ СЕРТИФИКАТA ЗА ИЗВОЗ ЖИВИХ ЖИВОТИЊА”
“Не достављају држаоци спортских коња, голубова, паса, мачака, птица кућних љубимаца, зечева и пчела”
“Није потребно за извоз кућних љубимаца”
“Само када је то захтев земље у коју се отпремају животиње”
“vetinspekcija@minpolj.gov.rs”
“Рок за решавање поднетог захтева 30 дана од покретања поступка”
“420,00 РСД”
“Такса се плаћа заједно и за захтев и за издавање сертификата”
Travel day and arrival
CheckLeaving Serbia
Pet passport (original)
Bring your dog's or cat's original pet passport, issued by a veterinary station, with the request. The microchip and a valid rabies vaccination remain required for travel to the EU.
Details and the official words
“Пасош за животиње”
“За говеда, коње, псе и мачке”
“Животиња мора бити трајно обележена микрочипом који испуњава прописане стандарде.”
On arrivalEntering Vietnam
Declare your pet at the border animal quarantine office
For up to 2 animals you bring as pets or on a trip (not on the banned list), declare them for import quarantine directly at the animal quarantine office at the border. It checks the certificate and examines your pet, and issues Viet Nam's import quarantine certificate within 1 working day if everything is in order.
Details and the official words
“Kiểm dịch đối với trường hợp mang theo người không quá 02 con động vật với mục đích để nuôi làm cảnh, sinh hoạt trong gia đình hoặc mang theo đi du lịch, công tác, quá cảnh và không thuộc Danh mục động vật cấm xuất khẩu, nhập khẩu theo quy định”
“Chủ hàng khai báo kiểm dịch nhập khẩu trực tiếp tại Cơ quan kiểm dịch động vật cửa khẩu;”
“Trong thời hạn 01 ngày làm việc kể từ ngày thực hiện kiểm dịch, Cơ quan kiểm dịch động vật cửa khẩu cấp Giấy chứng nhận kiểm dịch động vật nhập khẩu”
Good to know
- The circular doesn't list the vaccinations a pet must have. At the border, the quarantine office vaccinates an animal that hasn't been vaccinated against dangerous infectious diseases, and takes samples from an animal suspected of an infectious disease (the certificate then comes within 1 working day of the test result).
- An animal with a dangerous infectious disease is destroyed near the border crossing, and an animal whose foreign quarantine certificate isn't valid is held.
Money
What it costs
Government fees exactly as the official pages state them, and what vets and labs in Serbia publish for the steps above. The two are never added together.
Government fees on this route
Republic administrative tax for the requestLeaving Serbia420 RSD
“Износ издатка 420,00 РСД”
Захтев за издавање сертификата за извоз живих животиња (procedure 16.01.0054, Uprava za veterinu, veterinary inspection; PDF of 13 Aug 2025) · as of 2026-10-13
Republic administrative tax for issuing the veterinary export certificateLeaving Serbia9,160 RSD
“Износ издатка 9160,00 РСД”
Захтев за издавање сертификата за извоз живих животиња (procedure 16.01.0054, Uprava za veterinu, veterinary inspection; PDF of 13 Aug 2025) · as of 2026-10-13
Government fees in total: 9,580 RSD (each currency separately)
What vets and labs charge Not official figures
We have no published vet or lab prices for Serbia yet.
Prices that businesses publish on their own pages, quoted as we read them; yours can differ. Ranges are the lowest to highest of these examples, never our estimate. How we collect prices
Airline fees aren’t included: check your airline’s pet page.
Round trip
Coming back to Serbia
Do before your pet leaves Serbia
- Microchip, before the rabies vaccination
- Rabies vaccination at 12 weeks or older, 21 days before entry
- Unlisted countries: rabies antibody test, 3 months before
Their timing rules put them before the outbound trip, for a three-month stay.
The trip back asks for 5 steps: microchip, before the rabies vaccination, rabies vaccination at 12 weeks or older, 21 days before entry, unlisted countries: rabies antibody test, 3 months before and serbian model health certificate, valid 10 days and more.
Nearby routes
Other routes
Where this comes from
Official sources
- Thông tư 01/2026/TT-BNNMT quy định về kiểm dịch động vật, sản phẩm động vật trên cạn, consolidated text 67/VBHN-BNNMT (2026)
- Најчешћа питања и одговори – Кретање кућних љубимаца из Републике Србије у Европску унију (Uprava za veterinu, 17 June 2026)
- Захтев за издавање сертификата за извоз живих животиња (procedure 16.01.0054, Uprava za veterinu, veterinary inspection; PDF of 13 Aug 2025)
Last checked against the official pages: 2026-10-13.
Questions owners ask
Does my dog or cat need a rabies blood test to go from Serbia to Vietnam?
No. The official rules we have verified for this route don't ask for a rabies blood test.
Do I need an import permit to bring my dog or cat into Vietnam?
No. The official rules we have verified for this route don't ask for an import permit.
Will my dog or cat be quarantined in Vietnam?
Not on the routes we have verified: the official rules list no quarantine for a pet that meets the requirements.
How early should I start preparing my pet for Serbia to Vietnam?
There is no official waiting period, but you still need: health confirmation from your vet, no more than 48 hours old and quarantine (health) certificate from the exporting country.
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