2.2.0.25falsefalse0203 - Disclosure - Long Term Investmentstruefalsefalse1falsefalseUSDfalsefalse1/1/2011 - 3/31/2011 USD ($) USD ($) / shares $Jan-01-2011_Mar-31-2011http://www.sec.gov/CIK0000059440duration2011-01-01T00:00:002011-03-31T00:00:00USDStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso42170USDEPSDividehttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso4217http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0SharesStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0USDUSD$2true0us-gaap_LongTermInvestmentsAbstractus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherxbrli:stringItemTypestringNo definition available.falsefalseLong-Term Investments [Abstract]3false0vgr_LongTermInvestmentsTextBlockvgrfalsenadurationLong-term investments.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseverboselabel1falsefalsefalse00  <div style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>3.</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td><u><b>LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS</b></u></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Long-term investments consist of investments in the following:</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="center"> <table style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">  <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="52%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">March 31, 2011</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">December 31, 2010</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2">Carrying</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2">Fair</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2">Carrying</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2">Fair</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Value</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Value</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Value</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Value</td> <td> </td> </tr>   <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Investment partnerships </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">52,532</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">77,433</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">45,134</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">70,966</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Real estate partnership </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">899</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">1,121</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">899</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">1,136</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">  </div></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">  </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">53,431</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">78,554</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">46,033</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">72,102</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">  </div></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td> <td> </td> </tr>  </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>The changes in the fair value of these investments were as follows:</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="center"> <table style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">  <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="76%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>2011</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>2010</b></td> <td> </td> </tr>   <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Balance as of January 1 </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">72,102</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">69,940</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">  </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Distributions </div></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td align="right">(8,886</td> <td nowrap="nowrap">)</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">  </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Realized gain on liquidation of long-term investment </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">4,136</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">  </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Change in unrealized gain on long-term investments </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">15,428</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">1,018</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Unrealized gains reclassified into net income </div></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td align="right">(4,226</td> <td nowrap="nowrap">)</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">  </div></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Net unrealized (loss) gain on long-term Investments </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">11,202</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">1,018</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">  </div></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Balance as of March 31 </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">78,554</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">70,958</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">  </div></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td> <td> </td> </tr>  </table> </div>   </div>  <div style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> <div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"> <b> </b> <u> <b> </b> </u> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>The Company accounts for one of its long-term investments under the equity method and had equity income of $763 and $0 related to this limited partnership for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The carrying value of this investment was approximately $12,148 as of March 31, 2011 which approximated its fair value because the underlying securities are classified as available for sale.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>In addition, a long-term investment with a carrying value of $35,000 as of March 31, 2011 was liquidated and the Company received approximately $52,700 in April 2011. We anticipate receiving an additional $2,800 in the second quarter of 2011.</td> </tr> </table> </div> </div>  <!-- Begin Block Tagged NotefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherus-types:textBlockItemTypestringLong-term investments.No authoritative reference available.falsefalseLONG-TERM INVESTMENTS12Long Term InvestmentsUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownfalsetrue