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Common Stock - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Jan. 01, 2012
Jun. 29, 2009
Dec. 31, 2008
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Jul. 31, 2008
Warrant
Dec. 31, 2010
Dec. 31, 2007
Common Stock [Line Items]                  
Common stock, shares authorized       332,023,233us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized 199,629,268us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized        
Maximum voluntary optional cash payments made by shareholders to purchase common shares   $ 100,000vly_MaximumVoluntaryOptionalCashPaymentsMadeByShareholdersToPurchaseCommonShares              
Warrant exercise period 10 years   10 years            
Number of common stock issued upon exercise of warrant 489,000vly_NumberOfCommonStockIssuedUponExerciseOfWarrant                
Exercise price of warrant (in usd per share) $ 11.30us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1                
Dividend Reinvestment Plan [Member]                  
Common Stock [Line Items]                  
Number of shares reissued from treasury stock       499,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesTreasuryStockReissued
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775,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesTreasuryStockReissued
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= vly_DividendReinvestmentPlanMember
721,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesTreasuryStockReissued
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= vly_DividendReinvestmentPlanMember
     
Proceeds from treasury stock reissued       $ 5,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfTreasuryStock
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= vly_DividendReinvestmentPlanMember
$ 7,600,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfTreasuryStock
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= vly_DividendReinvestmentPlanMember
$ 8,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfTreasuryStock
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= vly_DividendReinvestmentPlanMember
     
Parent Company [Member]                  
Common Stock [Line Items]                  
Exercise price of warrant (in usd per share)             $ 15.64us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
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= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
$ 16.12us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
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= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
 
Warrants issued             918,000vly_ClassOfWarrantsOfRightsIssued
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= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Amount of shares each warrant entitles buyer to purchase             1.2155vly_AmountOfShareEachWarrantEntitlesBuyerToPurchase
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= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
1.1030vly_AmountOfShareEachWarrantEntitlesBuyerToPurchase
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= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
 
Expiration date of issued warrants             Jun. 30, 2015 Nov. 14, 2018  
Number of shares repurchased       174,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
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= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
78,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
55,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
     
Number of shares authorized to repurchase                 4,700,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
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= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Number of shares repurchased during the period       0us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
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= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
0us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
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0us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
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= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
     
Average price of shares purchased (in usd per share)       $ 9.96us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
$ 9.91us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
$ 9.41us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare
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= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
     
Parent Company [Member] | Dividend Reinvestment Plan [Member]                  
Common Stock [Line Items]                  
Common stock, shares authorized   10,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
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Parent Company [Member] | Warrants [Member]                  
Common Stock [Line Items]                  
Number of shares repurchased     2,500,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
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= vly_WarrantsIssuedMember
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