Hong KongPets from Vietnam fly to Hong Kong as cargo and stay at least 120 days in quarantine. No titer test is needed. Daisy handles the Vietnam side and the flight, and our partner agent in Hong Kong handles AFCD and the arrival.
Last updated 18 Oct 2026i
Three points decide whether, and when, your pet can move to Hong Kong.
Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) places Vietnam in Group IIIB. Every dog and cat stays at least 120 days in quarantine. There is no shorter route from Vietnam.
Pets fly as manifested cargo on their own air waybill. The cabin and checked baggage are not allowed, whatever the pet’s size.
AFCD must offer a quarantine space before anything is booked. The wait is about 3 months for dogs and 6 months for cats, so apply once the vaccinations are up to date.
Each item must be ready before AFCD issues the Special Permit.
A microchip that an ISO or AVID reader can scan. The pet must be at least 60 days old, and a female no more than 4 weeks pregnant.
Distemper, hepatitis and parvovirus for dogs; panleucopaenia and cat flu for cats. The last dose must fall 14 days to 1 year before arrival.
Vietnam requires it to issue the export certificate. Daisy schedules a first shot at least 30 days before the flight. Hong Kong does not ask for a titer test.
Two government centres, in Kai Tak and Pokfulam, or the SPCA centre in Tsing Yi. Government fees are HK$90 a day for a dog and HK$46 for a cat.
AFCD issues it once a space is confirmed: HK$432 for one pet, valid 6 months for one shipment. The flight is booked only after it.
Signed by a government or registered vet no more than 14 days before export, with the microchip number. Vietnam’s export certificate, Form 13a, travels with it.
Most of the time is waiting: about 3 months for a dog or 6 months for a cat to get a quarantine space, then at least 120 days inside.
Vaccinations
Your vet brings the core and rabies vaccines up to date and records them with the microchip number.
AFCD Application
You or your representative in Hong Kong sends forms AF240 and PC100 with the vaccination record. The pet joins the waiting list.
Space and Permit
AFCD offers a space and an import period, then issues the Special Permit. Daisy books the cargo flight inside that period.
Vietnam Export Documents
In the last 14 days: the health certificate, Form 13a from the animal health office, and parasite treatment as a Daisy standard.
Cargo Flight
The pet flies as manifested cargo. AFCD is notified at least 24 hours before landing.
Arrival and Quarantine
AFCD checks the documents and escorts the pet to the centre. You can visit daily, and release follows after at least 120 days.
These four points cause most of the delays and extra costs on this route.
The flight can only follow AFCD’s quarantine offer and the permit. A ticket bought before them usually has to be changed.
Pets from Vietnam cannot fly in the cabin or as checked baggage. AFCD can return a pet that breaks the permit terms, or hold it in quarantine at the owner’s cost.
A core vaccine older than 1 year, or given less than 14 days before export, fails the permit terms. A missed booster restarts the two-dose course.
Pit Bull types, Tosas, Dogo Argentinos, Fila Brasileiros and their crosses are banned. A Staffordshire Bull Terrier needs a statutory declaration, and a Bengal cat needs proof of 5 domestic generations.
Applied to every pet flying the Hong Kong route.
Eight weeks and fully weaned is the floor for carriage, and some airlines set it higher. Pregnant animals are not accepted.
IATA and IPATA both advise against sedation, and a pet known to be sedated can be refused at the counter. Crate conditioning on a six-week schedule does that work instead.
One point of contact in Vietnam, and a partner agent in Hong Kong for AFCD and the arrival.
Last updated 18 Oct 2026
Compiled by our specialists from the regulations in force on the date above, for reference only. Rules may change after this date. Please verify with the competent authorities or contact us for the most accurate information.
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