Fees and Expenses - VanEck Gold Miners ETF	Sep. 19, 2025
Prospectus [Line Items]
Expense Heading [Optional Text]	FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
Expense Narrative [Text Block]	The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.
Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text]	Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text]	Annual Fund Operating Expenses(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Expense Example [Heading]	EXPENSE EXAMPLE
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]	This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell or hold all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same (except that the example incorporates the fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement arrangement for only the first year).
Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text]	Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
Portfolio Turnover [Heading]	PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]	The Fund will pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it purchases and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover will cause the Fund to incur additional transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, may affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 15% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate	15.00%

Fees and Expenses - VanEck Gold Miners ETF

Sep. 19, 2025

FUND FEES AND EXPENSES

The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text]

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text]

Annual Fund Operating Expenses(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Expense Example [Heading]

EXPENSE EXAMPLE

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund.

The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell or hold all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same (except that the example incorporates the fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement arrangement for only the first year).

Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text]

Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The Fund will pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it purchases and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover will cause the Fund to incur additional transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, may affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 15% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

15.00%