Investment Strategy |
Sep. 30, 2025 |
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| Vanguard Wellington Dividend Growth Active ETF | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Summary of Definition of Rule 35d-1 Term in Fund Name [Text Block] | For purposes of the 80% policy, a dividend growth stock is a stock that has paid a dividend within the past five years. |
| Summary of Selection Criteria for Rule 35d-1 Term in Fund Name [Text Block] | The Fund focuses on stocks of high-quality companies that have prospects for long-term total returns as a result of their ability to grow earnings and their willingness to increase dividends over time. These stocks typically (but not always) are large-cap, undervalued relative to the market, and show potential for increasing dividends. The Fund seeks to invest broadly across industry sectors. |
| Rule 35d-1 Eighty Percent Investment Policy [Text Block] | Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in dividend growth stocks. |
| Vanguard Wellington U.S. Growth Active ETF | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Summary of Definition of Rule 35d-1 Term in Fund Name [Text Block] | A U.S. company is a company organized under the laws of the United States, that maintain their principal place of business in the United States, whose primary country of risk is the United States, or that have their primary listing in the United States. |
| Summary of Selection Criteria for Rule 35d-1 Term in Fund Name [Text Block] | For purposes of the 80% policy, U.S. growth securities are equity securities that (i) are issued by a U.S. company and (ii) are included within at least one of the following growth indices or a growth index determined by the advisor to be similar to the foregoing: Russell 3000 Growth Index, S&P 500 Growth Index, S&P MidCap 400 Growth Index, S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index, CRSP U.S. Mega Cap Growth Index, CRSP U.S. Large Cap Growth Index, CRSP U.S. Mid Cap Growth Index, CRSP U.S. Small Cap Growth Index, MSCI U.S. Prime Market Growth Index, MSCI U.S. Small Cap Growth Index, MSCI All Country World Growth Index, or FTSE All-World Growth Index. |
| Rule 35d-1 Eighty Percent Investment Policy [Text Block] | Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in U.S. growth securities. |
| Vanguard Wellington U.S. Value Active ETF | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Summary of Definition of Rule 35d-1 Term in Fund Name [Text Block] | A U.S. company is a company organized under the laws of the United States, that maintain their principal place of business in the United States, whose primary country of risk is the United States, or that have their primary listing in the United States. |
| Summary of Selection Criteria for Rule 35d-1 Term in Fund Name [Text Block] | For purposes of the 80% policy, U.S. value securities are equity securities that (i) are issued by a U.S. company and (ii) are included within at least one of the following value indices or a value index determined by the advisor to be similar to the foregoing: Russell 3000 Value Index, S&P 500 Value Index, S&P MidCap 400 Value Index, S&P SmallCap 600 Value Index, CRSP U.S. Mega Cap Value Index, CRSP U.S. Large Cap Value Index, CRSP U.S. Mid Cap Value Index, CRSP U.S. Small Cap Value Index, MSCI U.S. Prime Market Value Index, MSCI U.S. Small Cap Value Index, MSCI All Country World Value Index, or FTSE All-World Value Index. |
| Rule 35d-1 Eighty Percent Investment Policy [Text Block] | Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in U.S. value securities. |