0001004655 whitehall:InstitutionalMember whitehall:S000040750Member 2024-02-27 2024-02-27 0001004655 2024-02-27 2024-02-27 0001004655 whitehall:InstitutionalMember whitehall:S000040750Member whitehall:C000126409Member 2024-02-27 2024-02-27 0001004655 whitehall:ETFMember whitehall:S000040750Member 2024-02-27 2024-02-27 0001004655 whitehall:ETFMember whitehall:S000040750Member whitehall:C000126408Member 2024-02-27 2024-02-27 0001004655 whitehall:ETFMember whitehall:S000051871Member 2024-02-27 2024-02-27 0001004655 whitehall:ETFMember whitehall:S000051871Member whitehall:C000163311Member 2024-02-27 2024-02-27 0001004655 whitehall:AdmiralMember whitehall:S000051872Member 2024-02-27 2024-02-27 0001004655 whitehall:AdmiralMember whitehall:S000051872Member whitehall:C000163313Member 2024-02-27 2024-02-27 0001004655 whitehall:ETFMember whitehall:S000051872Member 2024-02-27 2024-02-27 0001004655 whitehall:ETFMember whitehall:S000051872Member whitehall:C000163314Member 2024-02-27 2024-02-27 pure iso4217:USD This example does not include the brokerage commissions that you may pay to buy and sell ETF Shares of the Fund. This example does not include the brokerage commissions that you may pay to buy and sell ETF Shares of the Fund. This example does not include the brokerage commissions that you may pay to buy and sell ETF Shares of the Fund. 2024-10-31 VANGUARD WHITEHALL FUNDS 0001004655 false 2025-02-03 2025-02-03 N-1A 497 Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index FundSupplement to the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Dated February 27, 2024As approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund (the Fund) has reduced its expense ratio. Effective February 3, 2025, the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table and the hypothetical expenses example for the Fund are hereby deleted and replaced with the following:Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Text Changes for Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index FundAnnual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)Management Fees0.1212b-1 Distribution FeeNoneOther Expenses0.01Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses0.131The expense information shown in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.ExampleThe following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s Institutional Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. It illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you were to invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. This example assumes that the shares provide a return of 5% each year and that total annual fund operating expenses remain as stated in the preceding table. You would incur these hypothetical expenses whether or not you were to redeem your investment at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:1 Year3 Years5 Years10 Years$88$117$148$240© 2025 The Vanguard Group, Inc. All rights reserved.Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.PSI 2020A 022025Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETFSupplement to the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Dated February 27, 2024As approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF (the Fund) has reduced its expense ratio. Effective February 3, 2025, the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table and the hypothetical expenses example for the Fund are hereby deleted and replaced with the following:Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Text Changes for Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETFAnnual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)Management Fees0.1412b-1 Distribution FeeNoneOther Expenses0.01Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses0.151The expense information shown in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.ExampleThe following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s ETF Shares with the cost of investing in other funds. It illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you were to invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. This example assumes that the shares provide a return of 5% each year and that total annual fund operating expenses remain as stated in the preceding table. You would incur these hypothetical expenses whether or not you were to sell your shares at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:1 Year3 Years5 Years10 Years$15$48$85$192This example does not include the brokerage commissions that you may pay to buy and sell ETF Shares of the Fund.© 2025 The Vanguard Group, Inc. All rights reserved.Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.PS 3820A 022025Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETFSupplement to the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Dated February 27, 2024As approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (the Fund) has reduced its expense ratio. Effective February 3, 2025, the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table and the hypothetical expenses example for the Fund are hereby deleted and replaced with the following:Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Text Changes for Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETFAnnual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)Management Fees0.0912b-1 Distribution FeeNoneOther Expenses0.01Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses0.101The expense information shown in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.ExampleThe following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s ETF Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. It illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you were to invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. This example assumes that the shares provide a return of 5% each year and that total annual fund operating expenses remain as stated in the preceding table. You would incur these hypothetical expenses whether or not you were to sell your shares at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:1 Year3 Years5 Years10 Years$10$32$56$128This example does not include the brokerage commissions that you may pay to buy and sell ETF Shares of the Fund.© 2025 The Vanguard Group, Inc. All rights reserved.Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.PS 4415A 022025Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index FundSupplement to the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Dated February 27, 2024As approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund (the Fund) has reduced its expense ratio. Effective February 3, 2025, the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table and the hypothetical expenses examples for the Fund are hereby deleted and replaced with the following:Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Text Changes for Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index FundAnnual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)Management Fees0.1512b-1 Distribution FeeNoneOther Expenses0.02Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses0.171The expense information shown in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.ExamplesThe following examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s Admiral Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. They illustrate the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you were to invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. The first example assumes that the shares provide a return of 5% each year, that total annual fund operating expenses remain as stated in the preceding table, and that you were to redeem your investment at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:1 Year3 Years5 Years10 Years $69$108$152$282You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your investment (the difference being that the Fund’s 0.25% redemption fee would not apply to any of the following periods, as it would to those in the preceding example):1 Year3 Years5 Years10 Years$42$80$121$242© 2025 The Vanguard Group, Inc. All rights reserved.Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.PS 1530A 022025Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETFSupplement to the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Dated February 27, 2024As approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (the Fund) has reduced its expense ratio. Effective February 3, 2025, the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table and the hypothetical expenses example for the Fund are hereby deleted and replaced with the following:Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Text Changes for Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETFAnnual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)Management Fees0.1512b-1 Distribution FeeNoneOther Expenses0.02Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses0.171The expense information shown in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.ExampleThe following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s ETF Shares with the cost of investing in other funds. It illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you were to invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. This example assumes that the shares provide a return of 5% each year and that total annual fund operating expenses remain as stated in the preceding table. You would incur these hypothetical expenses whether or not you were to sell your shares at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:1 Year3 Years5 Years10 Years$17$55$96$217This example does not include the brokerage commissions that you may pay to buy and sell ETF Shares of the Fund.© 2025 The Vanguard Group, Inc. All rights reserved.Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.PS 4430A 022025 Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index FundSupplement to the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Dated February 27, 2024As approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund (the Fund) has reduced its expense ratio. Effective February 3, 2025, the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table and the hypothetical expenses example for the Fund are hereby deleted and replaced with the following:Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Text Changes for Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index FundAnnual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)Management Fees0.1212b-1 Distribution FeeNoneOther Expenses0.01Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses0.131The expense information shown in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.ExampleThe following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s Institutional Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. It illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you were to invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. This example assumes that the shares provide a return of 5% each year and that total annual fund operating expenses remain as stated in the preceding table. You would incur these hypothetical expenses whether or not you were to redeem your investment at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:1 Year3 Years5 Years10 Years$88$117$148$240© 2025 The Vanguard Group, Inc. All rights reserved.Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.PSI 2020A 022025 2024-02-27 Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Text Changes for Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index FundAnnual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 0.0012 0 0.0001 0.0013 Example The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s Institutional Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. It illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you were to invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. This example assumes that the shares provide a return of 5% each year and that total annual fund operating expenses remain as stated in the preceding table. You would incur these hypothetical expenses whether or not you were to redeem your investment at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: 88 117 148 240 Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETFSupplement to the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Dated February 27, 2024As approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF (the Fund) has reduced its expense ratio. Effective February 3, 2025, the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table and the hypothetical expenses example for the Fund are hereby deleted and replaced with the following:Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Text Changes for Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETFAnnual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)Management Fees0.1412b-1 Distribution FeeNoneOther Expenses0.01Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses0.151The expense information shown in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.ExampleThe following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s ETF Shares with the cost of investing in other funds. It illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you were to invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. This example assumes that the shares provide a return of 5% each year and that total annual fund operating expenses remain as stated in the preceding table. You would incur these hypothetical expenses whether or not you were to sell your shares at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:1 Year3 Years5 Years10 Years$15$48$85$192This example does not include the brokerage commissions that you may pay to buy and sell ETF Shares of the Fund.© 2025 The Vanguard Group, Inc. All rights reserved.Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.PS 3820A 022025 2024-02-27 Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Text Changes for Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETFAnnual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 0.0014 0 0.0001 0.0015 Example The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s ETF Shares with the cost of investing in other funds. It illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you were to invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. This example assumes that the shares provide a return of 5% each year and that total annual fund operating expenses remain as stated in the preceding table. You would incur these hypothetical expenses whether or not you were to sell your shares at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: 15 48 85 192 Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETFSupplement to the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Dated February 27, 2024As approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (the Fund) has reduced its expense ratio. Effective February 3, 2025, the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table and the hypothetical expenses example for the Fund are hereby deleted and replaced with the following:Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Text Changes for Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETFAnnual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)Management Fees0.0912b-1 Distribution FeeNoneOther Expenses0.01Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses0.101The expense information shown in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.ExampleThe following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s ETF Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. It illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you were to invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. This example assumes that the shares provide a return of 5% each year and that total annual fund operating expenses remain as stated in the preceding table. You would incur these hypothetical expenses whether or not you were to sell your shares at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:1 Year3 Years5 Years10 Years$10$32$56$128This example does not include the brokerage commissions that you may pay to buy and sell ETF Shares of the Fund.© 2025 The Vanguard Group, Inc. All rights reserved.Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.PS 4415A 022025 2024-02-27 Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Text Changes for Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETFAnnual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 0.0009 0 0.0001 0.0010 Example The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s ETF Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. It illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you were to invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. This example assumes that the shares provide a return of 5% each year and that total annual fund operating expenses remain as stated in the preceding table. You would incur these hypothetical expenses whether or not you were to sell your shares at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: 10 32 56 128 Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index FundSupplement to the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Dated February 27, 2024As approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund (the Fund) has reduced its expense ratio. Effective February 3, 2025, the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table and the hypothetical expenses examples for the Fund are hereby deleted and replaced with the following:Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Text Changes for Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index FundAnnual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)Management Fees0.1512b-1 Distribution FeeNoneOther Expenses0.02Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses0.171The expense information shown in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.ExamplesThe following examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s Admiral Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. They illustrate the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you were to invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. The first example assumes that the shares provide a return of 5% each year, that total annual fund operating expenses remain as stated in the preceding table, and that you were to redeem your investment at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:1 Year3 Years5 Years10 Years $69$108$152$282You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your investment (the difference being that the Fund’s 0.25% redemption fee would not apply to any of the following periods, as it would to those in the preceding example):1 Year3 Years5 Years10 Years$42$80$121$242© 2025 The Vanguard Group, Inc. All rights reserved.Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.PS 1530A 022025 2024-02-27 Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Text Changes for Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index FundAnnual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 0.0015 0 0.0002 0.0017 Examples The following examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s Admiral Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. They illustrate the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you were to invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. The first example assumes that the shares provide a return of 5% each year, that total annual fund operating expenses remain as stated in the preceding table, and that you were to redeem your investment at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your investment (the difference being that the Fund’s 0.25% redemption fee would not apply to any of the following periods, as it would to those in the preceding example): 69 108 152 282 You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your investment (the difference being that the Fund’s 0.25% redemption fee would not apply to any of the following periods, as it would to those in the preceding example): 42 80 121 242 Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETFSupplement to the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Dated February 27, 2024As approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (the Fund) has reduced its expense ratio. Effective February 3, 2025, the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table and the hypothetical expenses example for the Fund are hereby deleted and replaced with the following:Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Text Changes for Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETFAnnual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)Management Fees0.1512b-1 Distribution FeeNoneOther Expenses0.02Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses0.171The expense information shown in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.ExampleThe following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s ETF Shares with the cost of investing in other funds. It illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you were to invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. This example assumes that the shares provide a return of 5% each year and that total annual fund operating expenses remain as stated in the preceding table. You would incur these hypothetical expenses whether or not you were to sell your shares at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:1 Year3 Years5 Years10 Years$17$55$96$217This example does not include the brokerage commissions that you may pay to buy and sell ETF Shares of the Fund.© 2025 The Vanguard Group, Inc. All rights reserved.Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.PS 4430A 022025 2024-02-27 Prospectus and Summary Prospectus Text Changes for Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETFAnnual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 0.0015 0 0.0002 0.0017 Example The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s ETF Shares with the cost of investing in other funds. It illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you were to invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. This example assumes that the shares provide a return of 5% each year and that total annual fund operating expenses remain as stated in the preceding table. You would incur these hypothetical expenses whether or not you were to sell your shares at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: 17 55 96 217 The expense information shown in the table has been restated to reflect current fees. The expense information shown in the table has been restated to reflect current fees. The expense information shown in the table has been restated to reflect current fees. The expense information shown in the table has been restated to reflect current fees. The expense information shown in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.