diff --git a/src/programs/mod.rs b/src/programs/mod.rs
index 3a401698..8b546bd4 100644
--- a/src/programs/mod.rs
+++ b/src/programs/mod.rs
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 
 pub mod raster;
 pub mod destination;
+mod vector;
diff --git a/src/programs/vector/mod.rs b/src/programs/vector/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82a6aca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/programs/vector/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#[cfg(all(major_ge_3, minor_ge_1))]
+mod vector_translate;
+
+#[cfg(all(major_ge_3, minor_ge_1))]
+pub use vector_translate::{
+    vector_translate,
+    VectorTranslateOptions
+};
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diff --git a/src/programs/vector/vector_translate.rs b/src/programs/vector/vector_translate.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1f7ce2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/programs/vector/vector_translate.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+use std::borrow::Borrow;
+use std::ffi::CString;
+use std::ptr::{null, null_mut};
+
+use crate::{
+    errors::*,
+    utils::{_last_null_pointer_err},
+    Dataset,
+};
+use gdal_sys::{GDALVectorTranslate, GDALVectorTranslateOptions, GDALVectorTranslateOptionsFree};
+use libc::c_char;
+use crate::programs::destination::DatasetDestination;
+
+/// Wraps a [GDALVectorTranslateOptions] object.
+///
+/// [GDALVectorTranslateOptions]: https://gdal.org/api/gdal_utils.html#_CPPv426GDALVectorTranslateOptions
+pub struct VectorTranslateOptions{
+    c_options: *mut GDALVectorTranslateOptions
+}
+
+impl VectorTranslateOptions{
+    /// See [GDALVectorTranslateOptionsNew].
+    ///
+    /// [GDALVectorTranslateOptionsNew]: https://gdal.org/api/gdal_utils.html#_CPPv429GDALVectorTranslateOptionsNewPPcP35GDALVectorTranslateOptionsForBinary
+    pub fn new<S:Into<Vec<u8>>,I:IntoIterator<Item=S>>(args:I)->Result<Self>{
+        let cstr_args = args
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(CString::new)
+            .collect::<std::result::Result<Vec<_>,_>>()?;
+        let mut c_args = cstr_args
+            .iter()
+            .map(|x| x.as_ptr() as *mut c_char)
+            .chain(std::iter::once(null_mut()))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+        unsafe {
+            Ok(Self {
+                c_options: gdal_sys::GDALVectorTranslateOptionsNew(c_args.as_mut_ptr(), null_mut()),
+            })
+        }
+    }
+    /// Returns the wrapped C pointer
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    /// This method returns a raw C pointer
+    pub unsafe fn c_options(&self) -> *mut GDALVectorTranslateOptions {
+        self.c_options
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for VectorTranslateOptions {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        unsafe {
+            GDALVectorTranslateOptionsFree(self.c_options);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<Vec<&str>> for VectorTranslateOptions {
+    type Error = GdalError;
+
+    fn try_from(value: Vec<&str>) -> Result<Self> {
+        VectorTranslateOptions::new(value)
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+/// Converts simple features data between file formats.
+///
+/// Wraps [GDALVectorTranslate].
+/// See the [program docs] for more details.
+///
+/// [GDALVectorTranslate]: https://gdal.org/api/gdal_utils.html#_CPPv419GDALVectorTranslatePKc12GDALDatasetHiP12GDALDatasetHPK26GDALVectorTranslateOptionsPi
+/// [program docs]: https://gdal.org/programs/ogr2ogr.html
+///
+pub fn vector_translate<D:Borrow<Dataset>>(src: &[D], dest: DatasetDestination, options: Option<VectorTranslateOptions>) ->Result<Dataset> {
+    _vector_translate(
+        &src
+            .iter()
+            .map(|x|x.borrow())
+            .collect::<Vec<&Dataset>>()
+        ,dest,
+        options
+    )
+}
+
+fn _vector_translate(datasets: &[&Dataset], mut dest: DatasetDestination,options:Option<VectorTranslateOptions>)->Result<Dataset>{
+
+    let (psz_dest_option, h_dst_ds) = match &dest {
+        DatasetDestination::Path(c_path) => (Some(c_path), null_mut()),
+        DatasetDestination::Dataset { dataset, .. } => (None, dataset.c_dataset()),
+    };
+
+    let psz_dest = psz_dest_option.map(|x| x.as_ptr()).unwrap_or_else(null);
+
+    let c_options = options
+        .as_ref()
+        .map(|x| x.c_options as *const GDALVectorTranslateOptions)
+        .unwrap_or(null());
+
+    let dataset_out = unsafe {
+        // Get raw handles to the datasets
+        let mut datasets_raw: Vec<gdal_sys::GDALDatasetH> =
+            datasets.iter().map(|x| x.c_dataset()).collect();
+
+        let data = GDALVectorTranslate(
+            psz_dest,
+            h_dst_ds,
+            // only 1 supported currently
+            1,
+            datasets_raw.as_mut_ptr(),
+            c_options,
+            null_mut(),
+        );
+
+        // GDAL takes the ownership of `h_dst_ds`
+        dest.do_no_drop_dataset();
+
+        data
+
+    };
+
+    if dataset_out.is_null() {
+        return Err(_last_null_pointer_err("GDALVectorTranslate"));
+    }
+
+    let result = unsafe { Dataset::from_c_dataset(dataset_out) };
+
+    Ok(result)
+}
+
+
+
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::path::Path;
+    use crate::Dataset;
+    use crate::programs::vector::vector_translate::vector_translate;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_vector_translate(){
+        let path = "fixtures/roads.geojson";
+        let dataset = &Dataset::open(Path::new(path)).unwrap();
+        let out = "fixtures/roads.sql";
+        let dest = out.try_into().unwrap();
+        let dst = vector_translate(&[dataset], dest, None);
+    }
+}