VEHICLE TRAVEL SUPPORT DEVICE

A vehicle travel assistance device for setting a target travel position (P) set apart by a forward watch point distance (Ls) in front of a host vehicle on a travel path and assisting the travel of the host vehicle so that the host vehicle travels through the set target travel position (P), the vehicle travel assistance device being provided with: an attitude determining unit (14a) for determining the orientation of the host vehicle in relation to the travel path; and a front watch point distance setting unit (14) that, when the host vehicle is oriented outwards with respect to the travel path, sets a forward watch point distance (Ls) obtained by reducing a forward watch point distance base value (Ls_base) so as to be smaller than when the orientation of the host vehicle is parallel to the travel path.