diff --git a/api/handlers/vaa/model.go b/api/handlers/vaa/model.go
index 26d5ffae..9d6d875c 100644
--- a/api/handlers/vaa/model.go
+++ b/api/handlers/vaa/model.go
@@ -50,3 +50,18 @@ type VaaStats struct {
 	ChainID vaa.ChainID `bson:"_id" json:"chainId"`
 	Count   int64       `bson:"count" json:"count"`
 }
+
+// VaaWithPayload vaa document with payload.
+type VaaWithPayload struct {
+	ID               string                 `bson:"_id" json:"id"`
+	Version          uint8                  `bson:"version" json:"version"`
+	EmitterChain     vaa.ChainID            `bson:"emitterChain" json:"emitterChain"`
+	EmitterAddr      string                 `bson:"emitterAddr" json:"emitterAddr"`
+	Sequence         string                 `bson:"sequence" json:"-"`
+	GuardianSetIndex uint32                 `bson:"guardianSetIndex" json:"guardianSetIndex"`
+	Vaa              []byte                 `bson:"vaas" json:"vaa"`
+	Timestamp        *time.Time             `bson:"timestamp" json:"timestamp"`
+	UpdatedAt        *time.Time             `bson:"updatedAt" json:"updatedAt"`
+	IndexedAt        *time.Time             `bson:"indexedAt" json:"indexedAt"`
+	Payload          map[string]interface{} `bson:"payload" json:"payload,omitempty"`
+}
diff --git a/api/handlers/vaa/repository.go b/api/handlers/vaa/repository.go
index f8821938..ab1c9367 100644
--- a/api/handlers/vaa/repository.go
+++ b/api/handlers/vaa/repository.go
@@ -93,6 +93,88 @@ func (r *Repository) FindOne(ctx context.Context, q *VaaQuery) (*VaaDoc, error)
 	return &vaaDoc, err
 }
 
+// GetVaaWithPayload get a vaa with payload if it exists.
+// The input parameter [q *VaaQuery] define the filters to apply in the query.
+func (r *Repository) GetVaaWithPayload(ctx context.Context, q *VaaQuery) (*VaaWithPayload, error) {
+	var err error
+	var cur *mongo.Cursor
+
+	matchStage1 := bson.D{
+		{Key: "$match", Value: bson.D{bson.E{Key: "emitterChain", Value: q.chainId}}},
+	}
+
+	matchStage2 := bson.D{
+		{Key: "$match", Value: bson.D{bson.E{Key: "emitterAddr", Value: q.emitter}}},
+	}
+
+	matchStage3 := bson.D{
+		{Key: "$match", Value: bson.D{bson.E{Key: "sequence", Value: q.sequence}}},
+	}
+
+	lookupStage2 := bson.D{
+		{Key: "$lookup", Value: bson.D{
+			{Key: "from", Value: "parsedVaa"},
+			{Key: "localField", Value: "_id"},
+			{Key: "foreignField", Value: "_id"},
+			{Key: "as", Value: "payload"},
+		}},
+	}
+
+	addFieldsStage3 := bson.D{
+		{Key: "$addFields", Value: bson.D{
+			{Key: "payload", Value: bson.M{
+				"$arrayElemAt": []interface{}{"$payload.result", 0},
+			}},
+		}},
+	}
+
+	pipeLine := mongo.Pipeline{
+		matchStage1,
+		matchStage2,
+		matchStage3,
+		lookupStage2,
+		addFieldsStage3,
+	}
+
+	// execute aggregate operations.
+	if q.chainId == vaa.ChainIDPythNet {
+		cur, err = r.collections.vaasPythnet.Aggregate(ctx, pipeLine)
+	} else {
+		cur, err = r.collections.vaas.Aggregate(ctx, pipeLine)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		requestID := fmt.Sprintf("%v", ctx.Value("requestid"))
+		r.logger.Error("failed execute Aggregate command to get vaa with payload",
+			zap.Error(err), zap.Any("q", q), zap.String("requestID", requestID))
+		return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
+	}
+
+	// decode cursor to array vaa with payload
+	var vaasWithPayload []*VaaWithPayload
+	err = cur.All(ctx, &vaasWithPayload)
+	if err != nil {
+		requestID := fmt.Sprintf("%v", ctx.Value("requestid"))
+		r.logger.Error("failed decoding cursor to []*VaaWithPayload", zap.Error(err), zap.Any("q", q),
+			zap.String("requestID", requestID))
+		return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
+	}
+
+	// check not found
+	if len(vaasWithPayload) == 0 {
+		return nil, errs.ErrNotFound
+	}
+
+	// check can not get more that one field in the response.
+	if len(vaasWithPayload) > 1 {
+		requestID := fmt.Sprintf("%v", ctx.Value("requestid"))
+		r.logger.Error("can not get more that one vaa by chainID/address/sequence", zap.Any("q", q),
+			zap.String("requestID", requestID))
+		return nil, errs.ErrInternalError
+	}
+
+	return vaasWithPayload[0], nil
+}
+
 // GetVaaCount get a count of vaa by chainID.
 func (r *Repository) GetVaaCount(ctx context.Context, q *VaaQuery) ([]*VaaStats, error) {
 	if q == nil {
diff --git a/api/handlers/vaa/service.go b/api/handlers/vaa/service.go
index e678ac4d..1c53e8d2 100644
--- a/api/handlers/vaa/service.go
+++ b/api/handlers/vaa/service.go
@@ -56,18 +56,50 @@ func (s *Service) FindByEmitter(ctx context.Context, chain vaa.ChainID, emitter
 	return &res, err
 }
 
-// FindById get a vaa by chainID, emitter address and sequence number.
-func (s *Service) FindById(ctx context.Context, chain vaa.ChainID, emitter vaa.Address, seq string) (*response.Response[*VaaDoc], error) {
+// If the parameter [payload] is true, the parse payload is added in the response.
+func (s *Service) FindById(ctx context.Context, chain vaa.ChainID, emitter vaa.Address, seq string, payload bool) (*response.Response[*VaaWithPayload], error) {
 	// check vaa sequence indexed
 	isVaaNotIndexed := s.discardVaaNotIndexed(ctx, chain, emitter, seq)
 	if isVaaNotIndexed {
 		return nil, errs.ErrNotFound
 	}
 
+	if payload {
+		vaaWithPayload, err := s.findByIdWithPayload(ctx, chain, emitter, seq)
+		resp := response.Response[*VaaWithPayload]{Data: vaaWithPayload}
+		return &resp, err
+	} else {
+		vaa, err := s.findById(ctx, chain, emitter, seq)
+		if err != nil {
+			return &response.Response[*VaaWithPayload]{}, err
+		}
+		vaaWithPayload := VaaWithPayload{
+			ID:               vaa.ID,
+			Version:          vaa.Version,
+			EmitterChain:     vaa.EmitterChain,
+			EmitterAddr:      vaa.EmitterAddr,
+			Sequence:         vaa.Sequence,
+			GuardianSetIndex: vaa.GuardianSetIndex,
+			Timestamp:        vaa.Timestamp,
+			IndexedAt:        vaa.IndexedAt,
+			UpdatedAt:        vaa.UpdatedAt,
+			Vaa:              vaa.Vaa,
+		}
+		resp := response.Response[*VaaWithPayload]{Data: &vaaWithPayload}
+		return &resp, err
+	}
+}
+
+// findById get a vaa by chainID, emitter address and sequence number.
+func (s *Service) findById(ctx context.Context, chain vaa.ChainID, emitter vaa.Address, seq string) (*VaaDoc, error) {
 	query := Query().SetChain(chain).SetEmitter(emitter.String()).SetSequence(seq)
-	vaas, err := s.repo.FindOne(ctx, query)
-	res := response.Response[*VaaDoc]{Data: vaas}
-	return &res, err
+	return s.repo.FindOne(ctx, query)
+}
+
+// findByIdWithPayload get a vaa with payload data by chainID, emitter address and sequence number.
+func (s *Service) findByIdWithPayload(ctx context.Context, chain vaa.ChainID, emitter vaa.Address, seq string) (*VaaWithPayload, error) {
+	query := Query().SetChain(chain).SetEmitter(emitter.String()).SetSequence(seq)
+	return s.repo.GetVaaWithPayload(ctx, query)
 }
 
 // GetVaaCount get a list a list of vaa count grouped by chainID.
diff --git a/api/middleware/extract_parameters.go b/api/middleware/extract_parameters.go
index 1ec1dbfd..438e003d 100644
--- a/api/middleware/extract_parameters.go
+++ b/api/middleware/extract_parameters.go
@@ -128,3 +128,13 @@ func GetTxHash(c *fiber.Ctx, l *zap.Logger) (*vaa.Address, error) {
 	}
 	return &txHashAddr, nil
 }
+
+// ExtractParsedPayload get parsedPayload query parameter.
+func ExtractParsedPayload(c *fiber.Ctx, l *zap.Logger) (bool, error) {
+	parsedPayloadStr := c.Query("parsedPayload", "false")
+	parsedPayload, err := strconv.ParseBool(parsedPayloadStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, response.NewInvalidQueryParamError(c, "INVALID <parsedPayload> QUERY PARAMETER", errors.WithStack(err))
+	}
+	return parsedPayload, nil
+}
diff --git a/api/response/error.go b/api/response/error.go
index fe374c78..42b8278d 100644
--- a/api/response/error.go
+++ b/api/response/error.go
@@ -126,3 +126,22 @@ func NewNotFoundError(ctx *fiber.Ctx) APIError {
 		}},
 	}
 }
+
+// NewInvalidQueryParamError create a query param error
+func NewInvalidQueryParamError(ctx *fiber.Ctx, message string, err error) APIError {
+	if message == "" {
+		message = "INVALID QUERY PARAM"
+	}
+	detail := ErrorDetail{
+		RequestID: fmt.Sprintf("%v", ctx.Locals("requestid")),
+	}
+	if enableStackTrace && err != nil {
+		detail.StackTrace = fmt.Sprintf("%+v\n", err)
+	}
+	return APIError{
+		StatusCode: fiber.StatusBadRequest,
+		Code:       InvalidParam,
+		Message:    message,
+		Details:    []ErrorDetail{detail},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/api/routes/guardian/vaa/controller.go b/api/routes/guardian/vaa/controller.go
index bdb50c67..25ca15a4 100644
--- a/api/routes/guardian/vaa/controller.go
+++ b/api/routes/guardian/vaa/controller.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func (c *Controller) FindSignedVAAByID(ctx *fiber.Ctx) error {
 	//	return response.NewApiError(ctx, fiber.StatusBadRequest, response.InvalidParam,
 	//		"not supported for PythNet", nil)
 	//}
-	vaa, err := c.srv.FindById(ctx.Context(), chainID, *emitter, strconv.FormatUint(seq, 10))
+	vaa, err := c.srv.FindById(ctx.Context(), chainID, *emitter, strconv.FormatUint(seq, 10), false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/api/routes/wormscan/vaa/controller.go b/api/routes/wormscan/vaa/controller.go
index 2e85ec78..660f0376 100644
--- a/api/routes/wormscan/vaa/controller.go
+++ b/api/routes/wormscan/vaa/controller.go
@@ -116,7 +116,12 @@ func (c *Controller) FindById(ctx *fiber.Ctx) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	vaa, err := c.srv.FindById(ctx.Context(), chainID, *emitter, strconv.FormatUint(seq, 10))
+	parsedPayload, err := middleware.ExtractParsedPayload(ctx, c.logger)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	vaa, err := c.srv.FindById(ctx.Context(), chainID, *emitter, strconv.FormatUint(seq, 10), parsedPayload)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/api/rpc/handler.go b/api/rpc/handler.go
index 40e39054..5af301e4 100644
--- a/api/rpc/handler.go
+++ b/api/rpc/handler.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (h *Handler) GetSignedVAA(ctx context.Context, request *publicrpcv1.GetSign
 	sequence := strconv.FormatUint(request.MessageId.Sequence, 10)
 
 	// get vaa by Id.
-	vaa, err := h.vaaSrv.FindById(ctx, chainID, addr, sequence)
+	vaa, err := h.vaaSrv.FindById(ctx, chainID, addr, sequence, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, errs.ErrNotFound) {
 			return nil, status.Error(codes.NotFound, "requested VAA not found in store")