1. Introduction

2. Survey Overview

3. Observations and Redshift Measurement Reliability  
   3.1. Survey Fields and Area  
   3.2. VIMOS on the VLT  
   3.3. Photometric i–Band Selection: Imaging  
   3.4. Spectroscopic Data Processing, Redshift Measurement, and Reliability Flag  
   3.5. Redshift Reliability vs. Quality  

4. VVDS Surveys  
   4.1. VVDS-Wide  
   4.2. VVDS-Deep  
   4.3. VVDS Ultra-Deep  
   4.4. Serendipitous Observations of Lyman Alpha Emitting Galaxies  
   4.5. Multi-Wavelength Data in the VVDS Surveys  

5. Completeness and Selection Function  
   5.1. Photometric Redshifts of the Full Sample  
   5.2. Sampling Rates  
   5.3. Selection Function for the Ultra-Deep Sample  
   5.4. Selection Function for the Deep Sample  
   5.5. Effect of Wavelength Domain on Redshift Completeness  
   5.6. Spectroscopic and Photometric Masks  
   5.7. Correcting for the Selection Function  

6. Properties of Galaxies in the VVDS  
   6.1. The Final VVDS Sample  
   6.2. NIR–Selected Samples with Spectroscopic  
   6.3. Magnitude-Redshift Distributions  
   6.4. Colour - Magnitude Evolution  
   6.5. Average Spectral Properties  

7. Comparison with Other Spectroscopic Surveys at High Redshifts

8. VVDS Complete Data Release

9. Summary