Driving assist apparatus and method for vehicle

Driving assist apparatus and method for a vehicle capable of accurately guiding the vehicle to a target region even if the initial state of the vehicle is a steered state are provided. On the basis of the present direction of the vehicle and the direction of the vehicle at a target position, a basic path P0 that changes the vehicle direction so as to coincide with the target direction of the vehicle at the target position is computed. A path P1 from the present position to the target position is computed by adding a straight-line path to the basic path under a predetermined condition.