title: VLA
text: # VLA
  
  VLA or vla may refer to:
  
  ## Organizations
  
  * Vermont Library Association, professional organization for librarians from Vermont
  * Veterinary Laboratories Agency, a UK government agency for researching animal and public health
  * Victoria Legal Aid, an Australian Government agency supplying legal assistance to financially disadvantaged persons in the state of Victoria
  * Victorian Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the State Parliament of Victoria, Australia
  * Virginia Library Association, professional organization for librarians from Virginia
  * Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, any of a number of organizations providing pro bono legal assistance to members of the arts community
  
  ## Science and technology
  
  * Very Large Array, a radio telescope array in the US
  * Variable-length array, a dynamically-sized data structure in several programming languages
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * EASA CS-VLA, the European Aviation Safety Agency certification specification for Very Light Aircraft
  * RUM-139 VL-ASROC (Vertical Launch ASROC), an anti-submarine weapon of the US Navy
  * The VLA, a band, performers of the title sequence for the television series Damages
  * Vla, a Dutch custard-like dairy product typically eaten for dessert
  