Vedea is a city in Teleorman County, in the southern region of Romania. It lies in the historical region of Muntenia, within the lower Danube plain.
The settlement shares its name with the Vedea River, a watercourse of southern Romania that rises on the Cotmeana Plateau and flows into the Danube. The river runs for a total length of 224 km, of which 33 km is regulated, and drains a basin of 5,430 km2.