Can I take Vyvanse to Vietnam?
Official guidance indicates Vietnam restricts how much Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine) you can bring and the paperwork required. Check the limits before you travel.
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The rules for Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine)
Lisdexamfetamine (Vyvanse) is on Vietnam's psychotropic schedule (Circular 20/2017/TT-BYT, appendix II, item 39). Up to 10 days' supply, worked out from the dose written on your prescription, may be carried in with the prescription and needs no licence. Above 10 days you need an import licence from the provincial People's Committee, obtained before you travel: the committee covering the border gate where you land, or where you will be living or lawfully staying (Decree 163/2025, Art 62(1)(c)). The committee decides within seven working days of a complete application. The application is on Form 27 (Mẫu số 27), and a granted licence covers a single import and lasts up to a year. The decree does not state a fee for this licence, and an assessment fee under Circular 41/2023/TT-BTC may apply, so treat the cost as unpublished rather than nil. The same 10 day core applies when you leave Vietnam, under a separate export licence on Mau so 07, decided on the same seven working day timeline.
Maximum supply: 10 days (Ten days' supply, worked out from the dose on your prescription. Above that you need an import licence from the provincial People's Committee before you travel, decided within seven working days.)
What to do
- valid prescription (with patient details, drug name, strength, quantity/days, dosage, prescriber name/signature/address)
- medication in original labelled packaging
- customs declaration on arrival
Confirm this yourself: This is based on official guidance we could not confirm against a current national source. Check with Provincial or municipal Department of Health at your point of entry. The national regulator is the Drug Administration of Vietnam, Ministry of Health. or Vietnam's embassy before you travel.
Travelling to more than one country?
Check your whole itinerary at once: every stop, every layover, and what to do by when. We'll carry Vyvanse and Vietnam over, so you only add the rest.
Add my other stopsThe check is free. The trip pack that turns it into paperwork is A$59, once. It does not renew.
Other medications in Vietnam
Vyvanse in other countries
This page summarises publicly available government information (restricted: limits on quantity and paperwork) and is not legal or medical advice. Rules change and enforcement varies, so confirm with the official links on the Vietnam page or the embassy before you travel.