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        5.02.&#160; Departure of Directors or Certain Officers;
        Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
        Arrangements of Certain Officers.</strong></div>
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        <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">On
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          the&#160;appointment of&#160;Lucilio Couto to the position of&#160;Senior Vice
          President and Chief&#160;Risk Officer of the Company and&#160;its operating
          subsidiary, Vineyard Bank, N.A.&#160;(the "Bank").</font></div>
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          Management Examiner for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC").
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          has extensive&#160;experience&#160;in risk management, regulatory compliance,
          credit analysis&#160;and financial statement analysis. In addition, he has
          provided supervisory and training experience at the FDIC.&#160;Mr.&#160;Couto
          is&#160;38 years old.</font></div>
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          of the Company,&#160;Mr.&#160;Couto&#160;will receive&#160;a&#160;base
          salary&#160;of $150,000 per annum, and upon employment,&#160;he&#160;was
          granted&#160;2,500 shares of the Company's restricted stock, which cliff vest
          after four years of employment.&#160; In
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          annual&#160;management incentive.&#160;Such incentive&#160;is at the discretion
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          Couto will receive a&#160;one year change of control agreement&#160;with the
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couto_8k.htm
UNITED
        STATES
SECURITIES
        AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
        D.C. 20549
FORM
        8-K
CURRENT
        REPORT
PURSUANT
        TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF
        THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
July
                    16, 2007 (July16,
                    2007)
Date
                    of Report (Date of earliest event
                    reported)
VINEYARD
                    NATIONAL BANCORP
(Exact
                    name of registrant as specified in
                    its charter)
California
000-20862
33-0309110
(State
                  or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission
                  File Number)
(IRS
                  Employer Identification
                  No.)
1260 Corona
                Pointe
                Court, Corona, California
92879
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(951)271-4232
(Registrant's
                      telephone number, including area
                      code)
Not
                      Applicable
(Former
                      name, former address and former fiscal
                      year, if changed since last
                      report)
Check
          the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
          to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under
          any of
          the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o
Written communications
          pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
Soliciting material
          pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement
          communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
          240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement
          communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
          240.13e-4(c))
Item
        5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers;
        Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
        Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(c)
Appointment of a Principal Officer
On
          July
          16, 2007, Vineyard National Bancorp (the "Company") announced
          the appointment of Lucilio Couto to the position of Senior Vice
          President and Chief Risk Officer of the Company and its operating
          subsidiary, Vineyard Bank, N.A. (the "Bank").
For
          the
          past 16 years, Mr. Couto has held the position of Senior Risk
          Management Examiner for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC").
          He
          has extensive experience in risk management, regulatory compliance,
          credit analysis and financial statement analysis. In addition, he has
          provided supervisory and training experience at the FDIC. Mr. Couto
          is 38 years old.
Mr. Couto's
          employment with the Company commenced on
          July 16, 2007.  As Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
          of the Company, Mr. Couto will receive a base
          salary of $150,000 per annum, and upon employment, he was
          granted 2,500 shares of the Company's restricted stock, which cliff vest
          after four years of employment.  In
          addition, Mr. Couto will be eligible for an
          annual management incentive. Such incentive is at the discretion
          of the Company's Board of Directors.
There
          are
          no family relationships between Mr. Couto and directors or executive
          officers of the Company, and Mr. Couto has not had any material interest in
          any transactions of the Company.
In
          conjunction with his new role at the Company, Mr.
          Couto will receive a one year change of control agreement with the
          Company, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.
Item
        9.01.  Financial Statements and
        Exhibits
(a)   
Not
        applicable
(b)   
Not
        applicable
(c)   
Not
        applicable
(d)    The
        following exhibits
        are included with this
        Report:
Exhibit
            10.1  
Form of change of control agreement
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
        has
        duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
        duly authorized.
VINEYARD
                    NATIONAL BANCORP
Date:
                      July 16, 2007
By:
/s/
                    Gordon Fong
Gordon Fong
Executive
                    Vice President and Chief Financial
                    Officer