VDW can refer to one of the following:
Van der Waals: Johannes Diderik van der Waals, a Dutch physicist and thermodynamicist the van der Waals force the van der Waals equation the van der Waals radius Van der Waals (crater) Federation of German Scientists (Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler) Verbond tot Democratisering der Weermacht, a Dutch political party VDW (TV station), a digital television station in Western Australia