As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 26, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         File Nos. 33-97598 and 811-09102

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	x
Post-Effective Amendment No. 242	x
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	x
Amendment No. 244	x

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

iShares, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

c/o State Street Bank & Trust Company

200 Clarendon Street

Boston, MA 02116

(Address of Principal Executive Office)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (415) 670-2000

The Corporation Trust Incorporated

351 West Camden Street

Baltimore, MD 21201

 (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

With Copies to:

MARGERY K. NEALE, ESQ.	BENJAMIN J. HASKIN, ESQ.	EDWARD BAER, ESQ.
WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP	WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP	BLACKROCK FUND ADVISORS
787 SEVENTH AVENUE	1875 K STREET, N.W.	400 HOWARD STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6099	WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006-1238	SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

¨   Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)	x   On August 24, 2012, pursuant to paragraph (b)
¨     60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)	¨        On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
¨        75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)	¨        On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

If appropriate, check the following box:

x The post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment

Explanatory Note

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 242 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), solely for the purpose of delaying, until August 24, 2012, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares MSCI Vietnam Investable Market Index Fund (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 173 on December 5, 2011, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.

The effectiveness of the Registration Statement of the Fund was previously delayed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act as follows:

PEA No.	Date Filed	Automatic Effective Date
216	February 17, 2012	March 16, 2012
222	March  15, 2012	March 30, 2012
225	March 29, 2012	April 6, 2012
229	April 5, 2012	May 4, 2012
235	May 3, 2012	June 1, 2012
238	May 31, 2012	June 29, 2012
240	June 28, 2012	July 27, 2012

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 242 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 173.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for the effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 242 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco and the State of California on the 26th day of July, 2012.

iSHARES, INC.

By:
	Michael Latham*
	President and Director
	Date: July 26, 2012

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 242 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

By:
	Michael Latham*
	President and Director
	Date: July 26, 2012
	John E. Martinez*
	Director
	Date: July 26, 2012
	George G.C. Parker*
	Director
	Date: July 26, 2012
	Cecilia H. Herbert*
	Director
	Date: July 26, 2012
	Charles A. Hurty*
	Director
	Date: July 26, 2012

	John E. Kerrigan*
	Director
	Date: July 26, 2012
	Robert H. Silver*
	Director
	Date: July 26, 2012
	Robert S. Kapito*
	Director
	Date: July 26, 2012
	Madhav V. Rajan*
	Director
	Date: July 26, 2012
	/s/ Jack Gee
	Jack Gee
	Treasurer
	Date: July 26, 2012
*By:	/s/ Jack Gee
	Jack Gee
	Attorney-in-fact
	Date: July 26, 2012

* Powers of Attorney, each dated December 6, 2011, for Michael A. Latham, Charles A. Hurty, Cecilia H. Herbert, John E. Kerrigan, Robert H. Silver, George G.C. Parker, John E. Martinez, Madhav V. Rajan and Robert S. Kapito are incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 221, filed March 15, 2012.