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Acquisition and Divestiture Activities (Details) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |  | 12 Months Ended |  | 12 Months Ended |  | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 MCB Industrie [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2012 HiRel Systems [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2014 Holy Stone Polytech [Member] USD ($) | Sep. 27, 2014 Capella [Member] USD ($) | Sep. 27, 2014 Capella [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2014 Capella [Member] USD ($) | Sep. 01, 2014 Capella [Member] USD ($) | Jul. 11, 2014 Capella [Member] USD ($) | Jul. 11, 2014 Capella [Member] TWD | Dec. 31, 2014 Patents and Acquired Technology [Member] Capella [Member] | Sep. 01, 2014 Patents and Acquired Technology [Member] Capella [Member] USD ($) | Sep. 01, 2014 Capitalized Software [Member] Capella [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2014 Customer Relationships [Member] Capella [Member] | Sep. 01, 2014 Customer Relationships [Member] Capella [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2014 Tradenames [Member] Capella [Member] | Sep. 01, 2014 Tradenames [Member] Capella [Member] USD ($)
Business Acquisition, Equity Interests Issued or Issuable [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired | $ 197,986 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired | $ 23,034 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired | $ 85,493 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired | $ 23,034 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_McbIndustrieMember | $ 85,493 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_HirelSystemsMember | $ 20,576 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_HolyStonePolytechMember |  | $ 177,410 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired |  |  |  | 5,433 us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_McbIndustrieMember | 43,950 us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_HirelSystemsMember | 3,736 us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_HolyStonePolytechMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill related to acquisitions |  |  |  | 7,985 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_McbIndustrieMember | 25,815 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_HirelSystemsMember | 6,328 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_HolyStonePolytechMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Useful Life |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10 years |  |  | 7 years |  | 7 years |
Number of shares acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 38,703,705 vsh_NumberOfSharesAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 88.95%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gross purchase price of acquired business |  |  |  |  |  |  | 180,167 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquired cash and short-term investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50,195 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedFinancialAssets / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Borrowings to fund acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  | 53,000 vsh_BorrowingsToFundAcquisition / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition of noncontrolling interests | (21,067)us-gaap_MinorityInterestDecreaseFromRedemptions | 0 us-gaap_MinorityInterestDecreaseFromRedemptions | 0 us-gaap_MinorityInterestDecreaseFromRedemptions |  |  |  |  |  | 21,067 us-gaap_MinorityInterestDecreaseFromRedemptions / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Transaction Costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 843 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityTransactionCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Name of Acquired Entity |  |  |  | MCB Industrie S.A. | HiRel Systems LLC | Holy Stone Polytech Co., Ltd. |  |  | Capella Microsystems (Taiwan) Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Date of Acquisition Agreement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Jul. 11, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition |  |  |  | Jun. 13, 2013 | Jan. 13, 2012 | Jun. 11, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Share Price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 139 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionSharePrice / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Offered purchase price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 205,000 vsh_OfferedPurchasePrice / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Revenue | 2,522,010 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaRevenue | 2,446,503 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaRevenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Net Income (Loss) | 114,510 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLoss | 128,252 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLoss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Earnings Per Share, Basic | $ 0.78 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaEarningsPerShareBasic | $ 0.88 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaEarningsPerShareBasic |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Earnings Per Share, Diluted | $ 0.75 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaEarningsPerShareDiluted | $ 0.85 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaEarningsPerShareDiluted |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill, Total |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 74,481 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember |  |  |  | 14,870 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_PatentedTechnologyMember | 101 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_ComputerSoftwareIntangibleAssetMember |  | 54,400 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember |  | 5,110 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment, Total |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4,134 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedPropertyPlantAndEquipment / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Liabilities Noncurrent |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (16,769)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedDeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (454)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNoncurrentLiabilitiesOther / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Marketable Securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 47,438 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentAssetsMarketableSecurities / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Acquisition of Less than 100 Percent, Noncontrolling Interest, Fair Value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 21,895 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionOfLessThan100PercentNoncontrollingInterestFairValue / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net, Total |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 102,456 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Total |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (6,374)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilities / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill | $ 144,359 us-gaap_Goodwill | $ 43,132 us-gaap_Goodwill | $ 34,866 us-gaap_Goodwill |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 96,849 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = vsh_CapellaMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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