Exhibit (j)

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the references to our firm under the captions “Financial Highlights” and “Other Information” in the Prospectuses and “Counsel and Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” and “Financial Statements” in the Statement of Additional Information in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,641 and Amendment No. 2,645 to the Registration statement (Form N-1A, No. 333-123257 and No. 811-10325) of VanEck Vectors ETF Trust and to the incorporation by reference of our reports dated February 25, 2019 on VanEck Vectors Africa Index ETF, VanEck Vectors Agribusiness ETF, VanEck Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF, VanEck Vectors ChinaAMC CSI 300 ETF, VanEck Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF, VanEck Vectors Coal ETF, VanEck Vectors Egypt Index ETF, VanEck Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF, VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF, VanEck Vectors India Small-Cap Index ETF, VanEck Vectors Indonesia Index ETF, VanEck Vectors Israel ETF, VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF, VanEck Vectors Natural Resources ETF, VanEck Vectors Oil Refiners ETF, VanEck Vectors Oil Services ETF, VanEck Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF, VanEck Vectors Russia ETF, VanEck Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF, VanEck Vectors Steel ETF, VanEck Vectors Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF, VanEck Vectors Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF and VanEck Vectors Vietnam ETF (twenty three of the funds constituting VanEck Vectors ETF Trust) included in the Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.

/s/ Ernst & Young

New York, New York

April 24, 2019