In the title complex, [V(C(15)H(12)N(2)O(4))(C(2)H(5)O)O], the V(V) ion is coordinated by an oxide O atom, an ethano-late anion and two O atoms and one N atom from the tridentate benzo-hydrazidate dianion in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry; the V atom is displaced by 0.4748 (8) Å from the basal plane towards the axial oxide O atom. An intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bond occurs in the benzohydrazidate ligand. Weak inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonding is present in the crystal.