A control apparatus for a vehicle equipped with the internal combustion engine, which is a control apparatus for a vehicle that comprises a transmission that is combined with the internal combustion engine as well as the internal combustion engine, the control apparatus for a vehicle comprising: an intake valve stop mechanism that is capable of changing an operating state of an intake valve between a valve working state and a closed-valve stopped state; an exhaust variable valve operating apparatus that is capable of changing a valve opening characteristic of an exhaust valve; fuel-cut operation execution means that executes a fuel-cut operation when a predetermined execution condition is established during operation of the internal combustion engine; intake valve stopping execution means that, at a time of execution of the fuel-cut operation, executes intake valve stopping control that changes the operating state of the intake valve from the valve working state to the closed-valve stopped state; valve-stopped-time exhaust valve control means that, at a time of execution of the intake valve stopping control, changes the valve opening characteristic of the exhaust valve so that an in-cylinder residual gas amount of gas that remains inside a cylinder when the exhaust valve is closed increases; fuel-cut operation reversion request detection means that detects a request to revert from the fuel-cut operation; valve-reversion-time exhaust valve control means that, when a change of the valve opening characteristic of the exhaust valve is being performed by the valve-stopped-time exhaust valve control means in a case where a request to revert from the fuel-cut operation accompanied by the intake valve stopping control has been detected, changes the valve opening characteristic of the exhaust valve so that the in-cylinder residual gas amount decreases; and shift position detection means that detects a shift position of operation means for operating the transmission, wherein the valve-reversion-time exhaust valve control means includes mode-changing-time exhaust valve control means that, in a case where a change of the valve opening characteristic of the exhaust valve is being performed by the valve-stopped-time exhaust valve control means, when a change of the shift position from a first mode to a second mode in which a decelerating force that is greater than in the first mode is obtained is detected, changes the valve opening characteristic of the exhaust valve so that the in-cylinder residual gas amount decreases. an intake valve stop mechanism that is capable of changing an operating state of an intake valve between a valve working state and a closed-valve stopped state; an exhaust variable valve operating apparatus that is capable of changing a valve opening characteristic of an exhaust valve; fuel-cut operation execution means that executes a fuel-cut operation when a predetermined execution condition is established during operation of the internal combustion engine; intake valve stopping execution means that, at a time of execution of the fuel-cut operation, executes intake valve stopping control that changes the operating state of the intake valve from the valve working state to the closed-valve stopped state; valve-stopped-time exhaust valve control means that, at a time of execution of the intake valve stopping control, changes the valve opening characteristic of the exhaust valve so that an in-cylinder residual gas amount of gas that remains inside a cylinder when the exhaust valve is closed increases; fuel-cut operation reversion request detection means that detects a request to revert from the fuel-cut operation; valve-reversion-time exhaust valve control means that, when a change of the valve opening characteristic of the exhaust valve is being performed by the valve-stopped-time exhaust valve control means in a case where a request to revert from the fuel-cut operation accompanied by the intake valve stopping control has been detected, changes the valve opening characteristic of the exhaust valve so that the in-cylinder residual gas amount decreases; and shift position detection means that detects a shift position of operation means for operating the transmission, wherein the valve-reversion-time exhaust valve control means includes mode-changing-time exhaust valve control means that, in a case where a change of the valve opening characteristic of the exhaust valve is being performed by the valve-stopped-time exhaust valve control means, when a change of the shift position from a first mode to a second mode in which a decelerating force that is greater than in the first mode is obtained is detected, changes the valve opening characteristic of the exhaust valve so that the in-cylinder residual gas amount decreases.