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Employee Benefit Plans Plan Asset Allocation (Details)
 0 Months Ended
Nov. 29, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Defined Benefit Plan, Assets, Target Allocations [Abstract]      
Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Rebalancing Allocation 5.00%vgr_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAllocationPercentageOfAssetsRebalacingAllocation    
Actual Allocation   100.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations 100.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
Equity Securities [Member]      
Defined Benefit Plan, Assets, Target Allocations [Abstract]      
Target Allocation Percentage of Assets 50.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetPlanAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_EquitySecuritiesMember		    
Actual Allocation   50.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_EquitySecuritiesMember		 50.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_EquitySecuritiesMember
Investment Grade Fixed Income Investments [Member]      
Defined Benefit Plan, Assets, Target Allocations [Abstract]      
Target Allocation Percentage of Assets 30.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetPlanAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= vgr_InvestmentGradeFixedIncomeInvestmentsMember		    
Actual Allocation   29.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= vgr_InvestmentGradeFixedIncomeInvestmentsMember		 28.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= vgr_InvestmentGradeFixedIncomeInvestmentsMember
High Yield Fixed Income Investments [Member]      
Defined Benefit Plan, Assets, Target Allocations [Abstract]      
Target Allocation Percentage of Assets 10.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetPlanAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= vgr_HighYieldFixedIncomeInvestmentsMember		    
Actual Allocation   10.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= vgr_HighYieldFixedIncomeInvestmentsMember		 10.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= vgr_HighYieldFixedIncomeInvestmentsMember
Alternative Investments [Member]      
Defined Benefit Plan, Assets, Target Allocations [Abstract]      
Target Allocation Percentage of Assets 5.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetPlanAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= vgr_AlternativeInvestmentsMember		    
Actual Allocation   5.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= vgr_AlternativeInvestmentsMember		 6.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= vgr_AlternativeInvestmentsMember
Short-term Investments [Member]      
Defined Benefit Plan, Assets, Target Allocations [Abstract]      
Target Allocation Percentage of Assets 5.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetPlanAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_ShortTermInvestmentsMember		    
Actual Allocation   6.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_ShortTermInvestmentsMember		 6.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_ShortTermInvestmentsMember