This invention provides a vascular stent to be implanted in a vessel of a living body to scaffold the vessel from inside, comprising a tubular body (2) formed by assembling a plurality of tubular-body forming elements (4A, 4B and 4C) constituting a part of a tubular body, the tubular-body forming elements being formed by bending a strand made of a biodegradable polymer such that legs (8a, 8b and 8c) as linear parts and bend parts (7a, 7b and 7c) alternate in sequence, to form a single flow channel from one end to the other end. The plurality of tubular-body forming elements constitute the tubular body by connecting and unifying two connecting members (11A and 11B) by melt welding, each of the connecting members being attached to adjacent portions of the plurality of tubular-body forming elements.
