# EDGAR Filing Document

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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF (Series ID: S000063074)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000204566 | ETF Shares   | VSGX            |

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December 19, 2025

**Summary Prospectus**

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**Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF**

**Exchange-traded fund shares that are not individually redeemable and are listed on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.**

Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF Shares (VSGX)

**The Fund's statutory Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information dated December 19, 2025, as may be amended or supplemented, are incorporated into and made part of this Summary Prospectus by reference.**

**Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's Prospectus and other information about the Fund online at www.vanguard.com/prospectus and https://personal.vanguard.com/us/literature/reports/ETFs. You can also obtain this information at no cost by calling 866-499-8473 or by sending an email request to online@vanguard.com.**

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**The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.**

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**Investment Objective**

Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF (the "Fund") seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of large-, mid-, and small-capitalization stocks of companies located in developed and emerging markets outside of the United States and is screened for certain environmental, social, and corporate governance criteria.

**Fees and Expenses**

The following tables describe the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. **You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and example below.**

**Shareholder Fees**

(Fees paid directly from your investment)

 <br> <u> Transaction Fee on Purchases and Sales </u> <u> None\* </u> <br> Transaction Fee on Reinvested Dividends None\*

\*

None through Vanguard (Broker fees vary)

**Annual Fund Operating Expenses**

(Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

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| Management Fees | 0.08<br> %<br>|
| 12b-1 Distribution Fee |  |
| Other Expenses | 0.02<br> %<br>|
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | 0.10<br> %<br>|

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Example

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same.

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| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years |
| $10 | $32 | $56 | $128 |

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This example does not include the brokerage commissions that you may pay to buy and sell shares of the Fund.

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Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 8% of the average value of its portfolio.

**Principal Investment Strategies**

The Fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE Global All Cap ex US Choice Index (the "Target Index"), a market capitalization-weighted index made up of large-, mid-, and small-cap stocks of companies in developed and emerging markets, excluding the United States, that are screened for certain environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) criteria by the Index Provider, FTSE Russell. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in the stocks that make up the Target Index.

The Target Index excludes the stocks of companies that the Index Provider determines engage in, have a specified level of involvement in, and/or derive threshold amounts of revenue from certain activities or business segments related to the following: adult entertainment, alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, gambling, chemical and biological weapons, cluster munitions, anti-personnel mines, nuclear weapons, conventional military weapons, civilian firearms, nuclear power, and coal, oil, or gas. The level or type of involvement in, or amount of revenue earned from, certain activities or business segments that lead to exclusion by the Index Provider can vary from one activity or business segment to another. The Target Index's methodology also excludes the stocks of companies that, as the Index Provider determines based on its internal assessment, do not meet certain labor, human rights, environmental, and anti-corruption standards, as well as companies that do not meet certain diversity criteria. The components of the Target Index are likely to change over time.

The Fund invests by sampling the Target Index, meaning that it holds a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the full Target Index in terms of key characteristics.

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**Principal Risks**

As with any investment, an investment in the Fund could lose money over any time period. The Fund's share price and total return may fluctuate, potentially within a wide range. The principal risks of investing in the Fund are summarized below. Each of the following risks could affect the Fund's performance:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***ESG Investing.*** As described in the Fund's principal investment strategies, the Index Provider excludes certain securities from the Target Index based on ESG criteria. As a result, the Fund's investments could, in the aggregate, trail the returns of other funds that use ESG criteria or underperform the market as a whole. The Index Provider's use of ESG criteria may result in the Target Index becoming focused, at times, in a particular market sector, which would subject the Fund to proportionately higher exposure to the risks of that sector. Interpretations of what it means for a company or issuer to exhibit ESG characteristics can—and do—vary significantly across individuals, index providers, advisors, and other funds that use ESG criteria. The Index Provider's assessment of whether or not a company or issuer meets the ESG criteria used to construct the Target Index, or the ESG criteria itself, may not align with your personal view of what it means for a company or issuer to exhibit ESG characteristics generally. Further, individual securities held by the Fund may not reflect your personal preferences, beliefs, expectations, and/or values. In order to assess a company or issuer against the ESG criteria used to construct the Target Index, the Index Provider depends on the availability of data obtained through voluntary or third-party reporting. There can be no assurance that this data will be accurate, complete, or current, which could result in an inaccurate assessment of a company or issuer.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***General Market Risk.*** The markets in which the Fund invests can be affected by a variety of factors. These factors, which can be real or perceived, may include economic, market, political, and regulatory conditions and developments as well as local, regional, or global events such as wars, military conflicts, natural disasters, and public health issues. In addition, investor sentiment and expectations regarding these factors can also impact the markets. Different parts of the market, including different industries and sectors as well as different types of securities, may react differently to factors that affect the market. These factors can contribute to market uncertainty, market volatility, and fluctuations in the value of the Fund's investments, thereby resulting in potential losses to the Fund over short or long periods.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***Investing in Foreign Markets.*** Foreign markets can perform differently than U.S. markets. World events could adversely affect the value and/or liquidity of securities of foreign companies or foreign issuers, potentially in ways that differ from impacts to U.S. companies or issuers. Further, global economies and financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected, which increases the possibility that conditions in one country or region could adversely impact a different country or region. In addition, the rights and remedies associated with investments in a fund that invests in foreign

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securities may be different than a fund that invests in domestic securities. To the extent that the Fund invests a large portion of its assets in securities of issuers located primarily in one country or region, the Fund's performance may be hurt disproportionately by the poor performance of its investments in such country or region.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***Investing in Emerging Markets.*** Investments in emerging markets are subject to higher degrees of risk and volatility than investments in developed markets. Compared with developed markets, emerging markets can have greater custodial and operational risks; less developed legal, tax, regulatory, financial reporting, accounting, and recordkeeping systems; and greater political, social, and economic instability than developed markets. In addition, emerging markets generally have less efficient trading markets with lower overall liquidity and more volatile currency exchange rates. Each of these risks can cause losses to the Fund's investments and/or impact the Fund's performance.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***Currency Risk.*** The Fund is subject to the risk that foreign currency will perform differently than U.S. dollars and increase the potential loss to the Fund. Currency exchange rates may be volatile, move rapidly, and change as a result of changes in interest rates, inflation rates, government surpluses or deficits, and monetary policy or currency controls imposed by local governments or supranational entities such as the International Monetary Fund. Changes in currency exchange rates can affect the value of the Fund's holdings.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***Investments Economically Tied to China.*** The risks described under ***Investing in Foreign Markets***, ***Investing in Emerging Markets***, and ***Currency Risk*** apply to, and may be heightened with respect to, the Fund's investments in companies or issuers economically tied to China. The Fund also is subject to unique risks due to the considerable degrees of social and humanitarian, legal, regulatory, political, and economic uncertainty associated with investments in companies or issuers economically tied to China. All of these factors, among others, could have negative impacts on the Fund. For example, the Fund may not be able to access its desired amount of shares of companies incorporated in China that trade on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges (A-shares) and/or the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (H-shares), which may cause the Fund to miss out on investment opportunities. Investments economically tied to China may be (or become in the future) restricted or sanctioned by the U.S. government, which could cause these securities to decline in value or become less liquid. If the Fund's holdings become impacted by restrictions or sanctions, the Fund may incur losses. Additionally, the Fund may gain exposure to certain companies in China through legal structures known as variable interest entities (VIEs), which provide exposure to Chinese companies through contractual arrangements instead of equity ownership. Investing through a VIE does not offer the same level of investor protection as direct ownership and is subject

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to risks including breach of the contractual arrangements, difficulty in enforcing the contractual arrangements outside of the United States, and intervention by the U.S. government. These risks could significantly affect a VIE's market value, which in turn could impact the Fund's performance.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***Investing in Equity Markets*.** The Fund invests in the equity markets. Equity markets have historically been cyclical, having periods of time when stock values rise and fall. Market volatility can lead to significant fluctuations in stock values, resulting in potential losses to the Fund.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***Market Capitalization (Market Cap).*** Companies are generally classified into three types of market cap depending on their size: small-, mid-, and large-cap. Companies can be further classified into micro- or mega-cap. Different factors can affect each market cap uniquely, and historically small- and mid-cap stocks have typically been more volatile due to the effects of changing economic conditions. Large companies may not reach the same levels of growth or performance as smaller companies, and they may be slower to react to competitive challenges. The performance of funds that invest in a subset of market caps could diverge from the performance of a fund that is focused on a broader representation of the stock market.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***Index Investing*.** The Fund is subject to risks associated with index investing. Because the Fund generally seeks to track the performance of the Target Index regardless of how the Target Index is performing, the Fund's performance may be lower than it would be if it were actively managed. Additionally, because the Fund does not hold all of the securities included in the Target Index, it is subject to the risk that the representative sample of securities selected by the advisor will, in the aggregate, vary from the investment profile of the full Target Index. The performance of the Fund's investments, in the aggregate, may not match the investment performance of the Target Index. This risk, known as tracking error risk, may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or under other unusual market conditions. The Fund also could be negatively impacted by changes to the Target Index made by the Index Provider or by errors made by the Index Provider. Any gains, losses, or costs associated with or resulting from an error made by the Index Provider will generally be borne by the Fund and, as a result, the Fund's shareholders.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***Concentration Risk.*** Except as may be necessary to approximate the composition of its Target Index, the Fund will not concentrate its investments in the securities of issuers whose principal business activities are in the same industry or group of industries. If the Target Index becomes concentrated and the Fund needs to concentrate in the same industry or group of industries, its performance could be negatively impacted by the industry or industries in which it is concentrated.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***Financials Sector.*** As of the Fund's most recent fiscal year end, stocks of companies within the financials sector made up a significant portion of the Target Index. As a result, the performance of the Target Index, and therefore

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the performance of the Fund, may be impacted by the general condition of the financials sector.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***ETF Share Trading*.** The Fund's ETF shares are listed for trading on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., and individual investors may only buy and sell them on the secondary market at market prices. Although it is expected that the market price of an ETF share typically will approximate its net asset value (NAV), there may be times when the market price of an ETF share and its NAV differ significantly. Disruptions to creation and redemption transactions, the existence of significant market volatility, or potential lack of an active trading market for ETF shares (including through a trading halt), as well as other factors, may result in ETF shares trading significantly above (at a premium) or below (at a discount) the Fund's NAV or the intraday value of the Fund's holdings. Thus, you may pay more or less than NAV when you buy ETF shares on the secondary market, and you may receive more or less than NAV when you sell those shares.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• ***Authorized Participants*.** Only Authorized Participants may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund. The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants. The Fund's Authorized Participants are not obligated to engage in creation or redemption transactions. To the extent that the Fund's Authorized Participants are unable to or choose not to proceed with creation and/or redemption transactions with respect to the Fund and no other Authorized Participants step forward to engage in creation or redemption transactions with the Fund, the Fund's ETF shares may trade at a discount to NAV and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting.

**An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.**

**Annual Total Returns**

The following bar chart and table show the Fund's historical performance and are intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the performance of the Fund's ETF shares (based on NAV) has varied from one calendar year to another over the periods shown. The table shows how the average annual total returns of the Fund compare with those of a broad-based securities market index and one or more additional indexes with similar investment characteristics as the Fund. Keep in mind that the Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available on our website at *vanguard.com/performance*.

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**Annual Total Returns — Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF Shares**<sup>1</sup>

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1 The year-to-date return as of the most recent calendar quarter, which ended on September 30, 2025, was 25.40%.

During the periods shown in the bar chart, the highest and lowest returns for a calendar quarter were:

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|  | Total Return | Quarter |
| Highest | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 18.01<br> %<br>| June 30, 2020 |
| Lowest | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -22.91<br> %<br>| March 31, 2020 |

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**Average Annual Total Returns for Periods Ended December 31, 2024** 

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|  | 1 Year | 5 Years | &nbsp;&nbsp; Since <br> Fund <br> Inception<br>| &nbsp;&nbsp; Fund <br> Inception <br> Date<br>|
| **Vanguard ESG International Stock** <br> **ETF Shares**<br>|  |  |  | &nbsp;&nbsp; **09/18/2018** |
| *Based on NAV* |  |  |  |  |
| Return Before Taxes | 5.50<br> %<br>| 3.84<br> %<br>| 4.56<br> %<br>|  |
| Return After Taxes on Distributions | 4.72 | 3.16 | 3.90 |  |
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale <br> of Fund Shares<br>| 3.78 | 2.89 | 3.47 |  |
| *Based on Market Price* |  |  |  |  |
| Return Before Taxes | 5.78 | 3.84 | 4.60 |  |
| **FTSE Global All Cap ex US Choice Index**<br> (reflects no deduction for fees or expenses)<br>| 5.99<br> %<br>| 4.03<br> %<br>| 4.76<br> %<br>|  |
| **FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index**<br> (reflects no deduction for fees or expenses)<br>| 5.53 | 4.42 | 4.91 |  |

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Actual after-tax returns depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown in the preceding table. When after-tax returns are calculated, it is assumed that the shareholder was in the highest individual federal marginal income tax bracket at the time of each distribution of income or capital gains or upon redemption. State and local income taxes are not reflected in the calculations. Please note that after-tax returns are not relevant for a shareholder who holds fund shares in a tax-deferred account, such as an individual retirement account or a 401(k) plan. Also, figures captioned *Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares* may be higher than other figures for the same period if a capital loss occurs upon redemption and results in an assumed tax deduction for the shareholder.

**Investment Advisor**

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard)

Portfolio Managers

Scott E. Geiger, CFA, Portfolio Manager at Vanguard. He has co-managed the Fund since its inception in 2018.

Christine D. Franquin, Principal of Vanguard. She has co-managed the Fund since its inception in 2018.

**Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares**

ETF shares may only be bought and sold in the secondary market through a brokerage firm. The price you pay or receive for ETF shares will be the prevailing market price, which may be more (premium) or less (discount) than the NAV of the shares. The brokerage firm may charge you a commission to execute the transaction. Unless imposed by your brokerage firm, there is no minimum dollar amount you must invest and no minimum number of shares you must buy. ETF shares cannot be directly purchased from or redeemed with the Fund, except by certain authorized broker-dealers. These broker-dealers may purchase and redeem ETF shares only in large blocks known as creation units, typically in exchange for baskets of securities.

An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase ETF shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for ETF shares (ask) when buying or selling shares in the secondary market (bid-ask spread). Recent information, including information on the Fund's NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, is available online at *vanguard.com.*

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**Tax Information**

The Fund's distributions may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains. If you are investing through a tax-advantaged account, such as an IRA or an employer-sponsored retirement or savings plan, special tax rules apply. You should consult your own tax advisor with respect to any particular U.S. or non-U.S. tax consequences of your investment in the Fund.

**Payments to Financial Intermediaries**

The Fund and its advisor do not pay financial intermediaries for sales of Fund shares.

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Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF Shares—Fund Number 4394

To request additional information about the Fund, please visit *vanguard.com* or contact us at 866-499-8473.© 2025 The Vanguard Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

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