XML 9 R4.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v2.4.0.8
Label Element Value
[RiskReturnAbstract] rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Document Type dei_DocumentType 497
Document Period End Date dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate Apr. 30, 2013
Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName VOYAGEUR MUTUAL FUNDS III
Central Index Key dei_EntityCentralIndexKey 0000763749
Amendment Flag dei_AmendmentFlag false
Document Creation Date dei_DocumentCreationDate Nov. 25, 2013
Document Effective Date dei_DocumentEffectiveDate Nov. 25, 2013
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate Aug. 28, 2013
Delaware Select Growth Fund
  
[RiskReturnAbstract] rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading

Delaware Select Growth Fund (the “Fund”)
Supplement [Text Block] vmf_SupplementTextBlock

VOYAGEUR MUTUAL FUNDS III

 

Delaware Select Growth Fund (the “Fund”)

 

Supplement to the Fund’s Summary and Statutory Prospectuses

dated August 28, 2013

 

The following replaces the information in the section entitled, “Fund summary – What are the principal risks of investing in the Fund? – Issuer concentration risk”.

 

Issuer concentration risk – The portfolio generally holds a limited number of securities depending on our assessment of the investment opportunities available. This allows us to focus on the potential of those particular issuers, but it also means that the Fund may be more volatile than those funds that hold a greater number of securities.

 

The following replaces the information in the section entitled, “How we manage the Fund – The risks of investing in the Fund – Issuer concentration risk”.

 

Issuer concentration risk

 

The portfolio generally holds a limited number of securities depending on our assessment of the investment opportunities available. This allows us to focus on the potential of those particular issuers, but it also means that the Fund may be more volatile than those funds that hold a greater number of securities.

 

How the Fund strives to manage it: We follow a rigorous selection process when choosing securities and continually monitor them while they remain in the portfolio.

 

 

Investments in the Fund are not and will not be deposits with or liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 and its holding companies, including their subsidiaries or related companies (the “Macquarie Group”), and are subject to investment risk, including possible delays in repayment and loss of income and capital invested. No Macquarie Group company guarantees or will guarantee the performance of the Fund, the repayment of capital from the Fund, or any particular rate of return.

 

Please keep this Supplement for future reference.

 

This Supplement is dated November 25, 2013.