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A comprehensive study of magnetocrystalline anisotropy a layered van der Waals ferromagnet $\mathrm{V}{\mathrm{I}}_{3}$ was performed. We measured angular dependences the torque and magnetization with respect to direction applied magnetic field within basal $ab$ plane general orthogonal $ab$, respectively. twofold butterflylike signal detected by in plane. This symmetry remains conserved throughout all regimes as well through known structural transition down lowest temperatures. The maximum resulting easy axis is significantly tilted from normal \ensuremath{\sim}40\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}. close relation crystal structure documented. In contrast, two-fold-like paramagnetic region monoclinic phase, which transforms into six-fold-like below Curie temperature ${T}_{\mathrm{C}}$. With further cooling, another an shift \ensuremath{\sim}30\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{} grows approaching ${T}_{\mathrm{FM}}$. Below ${T}_{\mathrm{FM}}$, triclinic original vanishes, being replaced secondary \ensuremath{\sim}30\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}.