A vehicle headlamp (1L, 1R) comprising: a semiconductor-type light source; a lens configured to illuminate light from the semiconductor-type light source forward a vehicle, as a first light distribution pattern and a second light distribution pattern; a light control member that is made of a mount portion and a light transmission portion that is fixed to the mount portion, an opening portion being formed between the light transmission portion and the mount portion; and a driving member configured to position the light control member so as to be changeably movable between a first location and a second location, characterized in that the light control member is configured such that, when the light control member is positioned in the first location, the light transmission portion allows the light from the semiconductor-type light source to be directly incident to the lens so that the lens illuminates the incident light as the first light distribution pattern, when the light control member is positioned in the second location, the light transmission portion changes an optical path of a part of the light from the semiconductor-type light source and another part of the light from the semiconductor-type light source passes the light control member unchanged through the opening portion so that the changed part and the unchanged part of the light are incident to the lens and the lens illuminates the incident light as the second light distribution pattern. a semiconductor-type light source; a lens configured to illuminate light from the semiconductor-type light source forward a vehicle, as a first light distribution pattern and a second light distribution pattern; a light control member that is made of a mount portion and a light transmission portion that is fixed to the mount portion, an opening portion being formed between the light transmission portion and the mount portion; and a driving member configured to position the light control member so as to be changeably movable between a first location and a second location, characterized in that the light control member is configured such that, when the light control member is positioned in the first location, the light transmission portion allows the light from the semiconductor-type light source to be directly incident to the lens so that the lens illuminates the incident light as the first light distribution pattern, when the light control member is positioned in the second location, the light transmission portion changes an optical path of a part of the light from the semiconductor-type light source and another part of the light from the semiconductor-type light source passes the light control member unchanged through the opening portion so that the changed part and the unchanged part of the light are incident to the lens and the lens illuminates the incident light as the second light distribution pattern. when the light control member is positioned in the first location, the light transmission portion allows the light from the semiconductor-type light source to be directly incident to the lens so that the lens illuminates the incident light as the first light distribution pattern, when the light control member is positioned in the second location, the light transmission portion changes an optical path of a part of the light from the semiconductor-type light source and another part of the light from the semiconductor-type light source passes the light control member unchanged through the opening portion so that the changed part and the unchanged part of the light are incident to the lens and the lens illuminates the incident light as the second light distribution pattern.