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Annual Total Returns (Vanguard Emerging Markets Select Stock Fund - Investor Shares Retail) (Vanguard Emerging Markets Select Stock Fund, Vanguard Emerging Markets Select Stock Fund - Investor Shares)
 12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2014
Vanguard Emerging Markets Select Stock Fund | Vanguard Emerging Markets Select Stock Fund - Investor Shares
  
Annual Total Return  
2014 (6.62%)rr_AnnualReturn2014
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2013 0.99%rr_AnnualReturn2013
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2012 22.57%rr_AnnualReturn2012
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