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Dog or cat from Vietnam to Indonesia: official requirements

Possible. With nothing done yet, start at least 2 days ahead. The main steps: rabies vaccination record, rabies antibody test result (protective level) and health certificate from your country's veterinary authority and 2 more.

Rules checked up to 13 October 2026From 4 official pages

Make my dated plan Reverse: Indonesia → Vietnam

In short

Limited official guidance. The authority for leaving Vietnam publishes little for this route. Everything it does say is here, with its wording. Viet Nam's 2026 circular on animal quarantine sets one export procedure for all animals; we found no official page written for pet owners. It doesn't give the fees or say what the quarantine office checks beyond a clinical examination and the destination's requirements. Ask the regional animal health sub-department (or your province's veterinary authority) where you will apply.

Limited official guidance. The authority for entering Indonesia publishes little for this route. Everything it does say is here, with its wording. This is the Indonesian Quarantine Agency's (Barantin) own short guide for pet dogs and cats coming from abroad, published in March 2026. It lists the documents and the online steps but gives no dates: no deadline for the prior notice, no age, no wait after the vaccination or the blood test, no minimum antibody level and no quarantine period. Confirm the details with the quarantine office (Karantina) at your port of entry before you travel. Bali has its own rules: pet dogs and cats can't be brought there.

At a glance

The rules on this route are the same for dogs and cats.

How early to start

2 days

whether or not your pet is already microchipped and vaccinated

Set by: Register your pet for export quarantine before you leave (1 working day to check the dossier, then 1 working day to issue the certificate (5 if samples are tested): 2 days is our reading, not an official figure; allow more over a weekend or if your destination asks for tests)

The least time the official waiting periods allow. Vet, lab and paperwork appointments come on top.

On this route

  • Rabies blood test needed
  • Official stamp on the certificate
  • Tell the authority in advance

Part of this route is still under review, so we don’t say what it doesn’t need.

Prefer a feed reader? Vietnam rule changes · Indonesia rule changes

Vietnam → Indonesia

What your pet needs

In the order you do them. Each step says whether Vietnam (leaving) or Indonesia (entering) asks for it.

Bringing a dog or cat into Indonesia: we summarised this from a short or older official page and it is still under review, so it may be incomplete.

  1. Get ready

    1. VaccinationEntering Indonesia

      Rabies vaccination record

      Bring your pet's vaccination book showing its rabies vaccination. Barantin doesn't say how long before travel it must be given.

      The official wording is ambiguous. Confirm this point with the authority.

      Details and the official words

      The guide asks only for the vaccination book; it gives no minimum age or waiting time.

      “Dilengkapi buku vaksin dan hasil uji titer protektif antibodi rabies”

    2. Blood testEntering Indonesia

      Rabies antibody test result (protective level)

      Bring the result of a rabies antibody (titer) test showing a protective level. Barantin doesn't give the level, the laboratory or how long before travel the blood must be taken; 0.5 IU/ml is the usual international standard, but confirm with the quarantine office.

      The official wording is ambiguous. Confirm this point with the authority.

      Details and the official words

      “Dilengkapi buku vaksin dan hasil uji titer protektif antibodi rabies”

  2. In the days before you travel

    1. PaperworkVietnam and Indonesia

      Health certificate from your country's veterinary authority

      Your pet needs a health certificate issued by the competent official in the country it comes from. Barantin doesn't say how recent it must be; ask the quarantine office.

      The official wording is ambiguous. Confirm this point with the authority.

      Details and the official words

      Export quarantine certificate (form 13a): The quarantine office examines your pet, checks it against the dossier and carries out the checks the destination (or you) ask for. If no samples need testing, it issues the export quarantine certificate (form 13a) within 1 working day of the quarantine; if samples are tested, within 5 working days. At the border where you leave, the quarantine office checks the certificate and confirms it.

      “Pengirim/ pemilik memastikan kelengkapan persyaratan karantina dari negara asal yaitu Sertifikat Kesehatan yang diterbitkan oleh Pejabat berwenang di negara asal”

      “Kiểm tra lâm sàng đối với động vật; kiểm tra thực trạng hàng hóa đối với sản phẩm động vật; đối chiếu thông tin lô hàng với hồ sơ kiểm dịch;”

      “Thực hiện kiểm tra các nội dung vệ sinh thú y theo yêu cầu của nước nhập khẩu hoặc chủ hàng;”

      “Đối với lô hàng không phải lấy mẫu xét nghiệm: Trong thời hạn 01 ngày làm việc kể từ ngày bắt đầu thực hiện kiểm dịch, nếu đáp ứng yêu cầu kiểm dịch, Cơ quan kiểm dịch động vật cửa khẩu cấp Giấy chứng nhận kiểm dịch động vật xuất khẩu theo mẫu 13a”

      “Đối với lô hàng phải lấy mẫu xét nghiệm: Trong thời hạn 05 ngày làm việc kể từ ngày bắt đầu thực hiện kiểm dịch”

      “Xác nhận đã kiểm tra vào Giấy chứng nhận kiểm dịch hoặc thực hiện cấp đổi Giấy chứng nhận kiểm dịch xuất khẩu theo yêu cầu của chủ hàng.”

    2. Official stampLeaving Vietnam

      Register your pet for export quarantine before you leave

      Before departure, send the registration dossier to the regional animal health sub-department (Chi cục Chăn nuôi và Thú y vùng) or the provincial veterinary authority it has delegated: the export quarantine registration form (form 2a), the destination's written veterinary requirements if any, and the destination's certificate model if any. You can send it through the National Single Window, the public service portal, by post, by email, by fax or in person (after an email or fax, send the original). The office checks the dossier within 1 working day and tells you when and where the quarantine will take place.

      Details and the official words

      “Trước khi xuất khẩu động vật, sản phẩm động vật có yêu cầu kiểm dịch, chủ hàng gửi 01 bộ hồ sơ đăng ký kiểm dịch theo quy định tại Điều 7 Thông tư này đến Chi cục Chăn nuôi và Thú y vùng hoặc Cơ quan quản lý chuyên ngành Thú y cấp tỉnh được Cục Chăn nuôi và Thú y ủy quyền”

      “qua Cổng thông tin một cửa quốc gia hoặc Cổng dịch vụ công hoặc qua dịch vụ bưu chính công ích hoặc gửi qua thư điện tử, fax hoặc gửi trực tiếp. Trường hợp gửi hồ sơ đăng ký qua thư điện tử, fax, sau đó chủ hàng phải gửi bản chính.”

      “Đơn đăng ký kiểm dịch động vật xuất khẩu theo mẫu 2a quy định tại Phụ lục V ban hành kèm theo Thông tư này.”

      “Văn bản thể hiện yêu cầu nội dung vệ sinh thú y của nước nhập khẩu hoặc chủ hàng (nếu có).”

      “Mẫu Giấy chứng nhận kiểm dịch của Cơ quan có thẩm quyền của nước nhập khẩu (nếu có).”

      “Trong thời hạn 01 ngày làm việc kể từ ngày nhận được hồ sơ đăng ký, Cơ quan kiểm dịch động vật cửa khẩu xem xét tính đầy đủ, hợp lệ của hồ sơ.”

    3. NoticeEntering Indonesia

      Register with SSMQC and send Barantin's prior notice before you leave

      Register in Barantin's SSMQC system, then fill in and send the prior notice at notice.karantinaindonesia.go.id. The prior notice must be sent before your pet leaves its country of origin.

      Details and the official words

      “Pengirim/ pemilik melakukan registrasi melalui SSMQC”

      “wajib dilakukan sebelum keberangkatan dari negara asal”

  3. Travel day and arrival

    1. On arrivalEntering Indonesia

      Report to quarantine on arrival

      At the airport, port or land border where you arrive, report your pet and hand it over with its documents to the quarantine officers. If it is healthy and free of quarantine diseases, a quarantine vet releases it with a release certificate (Sertifikat Pelepasan Karantina).

      Details and the official words

      “pengirim/ pemilik wajib melaporkan dan menyerahkan hewan berikut kelengkapan persyaratannya kepada petugas karantina untuk keperluan tindakan karantina”

      “akan dilakukan pembebasan oleh Dokter Hewan Karantina dengan menerbitkan Sertifikat Pelepasan Karantina.”

Good to know

  • Your pet can't come from a country that currently has a rabies outbreak. Barantin doesn't publish a list, so ask the quarantine office if rabies is present where your pet lives.
  • Guide, assistance and emotional support animals (at most 2) can travel as the owner's baggage under Barantin's 2024 baggage rules, with a letter from a mental health professional in the home country, at least 6 months of health history, rabies and distemper vaccination, a microchip or ID book, a pet passport and a rabies antibody test. Their owners fill in the All Indonesia arrival form.
  • Dogs and cats are animals that must be quarantined. If neither the destination nor you ask for an export quarantine certificate, the circular instead requires the quarantine for moving animals out of a province.
  • A pet that leaves Viet Nam temporarily (and will come back) goes through the same export quarantine when it leaves.

Money

What it costs

Government fees exactly as the official pages state them, and what vets and labs in Vietnam publish for the steps above. The two are never added together.

Government fees on this route

Government fees in total: 25,000 IDR (each currency separately)

May also apply, depending on your case

What vets and labs charge Not official figures

No published prices yet for Vietnam: rabies vaccination, health certificate (vet’s fee).

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 Vietnam

Nothing for the trip back has to happen before your pet leaves Vietnam.

The trip back asks for 6 steps: quarantine (health) certificate from the exporting country, declare your pet at the border animal quarantine office, vaccination book with the rabies vaccination and rabies antibody test showing a protective level and more.

Every step from Indonesia to Vietnam

Nearby routes

Other routes

Where this comes from

Official sources

Last checked against the official pages: 2026-10-13.

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Questions owners ask

Does my dog or cat need a rabies blood test to go from Vietnam to Indonesia?

Yes: Bring the result of a rabies antibody (titer) test showing a protective level.

Do I need an import permit to bring my dog or cat into Indonesia?

We couldn't find this in our summary of the rules, but that summary is short and still under review. Ask the official authority before you rely on it.

Will my dog or cat be quarantined in Indonesia?

We couldn't find this in our summary of the rules, but that summary is short and still under review. Ask the official authority before you rely on it.

How early should I start preparing my pet for Vietnam to Indonesia?

With nothing done yet, start at least 2 days ahead. The main steps: rabies vaccination record, rabies antibody test result (protective level) and health certificate from your country's veterinary authority and 2 more.

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