Hello my name is Rudi and I am currently living in Vietnam. I would like to try ayahuasca for the first time. I have been able to organize the delivery of acacia confusa and syrian rue from China. There is only one thing, I cannot obtain information about the legal status of ayahuasca in Vietnam. In other words, is it illegal to possess or use ayahuasca/DMT in Vietnam.

I hope somebody can help me.

Hi and welcome to the Nexus. Sourcing talk of illegal drugs is forbidden here. I could not determine the legal status of DMT in Vietnam with a quick google search, but DMT is illegal in most places and DMT containing root bark is either illegal or a gray area substance most places so you can't talk sourcing of root bark here either.

I know that doesn't seem very helpful for you but that's the rules here, and for good reason. The Nexus is a great resource for helping you understand and work with all things DMT except for the sourcing aspect.

Thanks Wolfnippletip. I am sorry, I was not aware that I was talking about an illegal drug. But I will treat it from now on as such. My guess is that it is indeed a gray area.

Came across this and find it very helpful with regard to legality.


In most countries of the world, Ayahuasca (containing DMT) has an undefined legal status.

The 1971 UN Convention on Psychotropic Drugs, an international treaty binding on all UN members, requires all UN member countries to schedule certain substances as illegal, including DMT.

However, the UN drug office has taken the official position that Ayahuasca is not covered by the proscription of DMT.

Thus, a country may choose to apply the laws against DMT to Ayahuasca, OR it may choose to exempt Ayahuasca, since the UN allows this exemption.

In most countries of the world, the choice has not been made yet -- and will not be made until a legal situation with Ayahuasca actually comes up.

The governments in countries where Ayahuasca has an undefined legal status can choose how they want to interpret the laws -- they can interpret them as saying Ayahuasca is legal or illegal.