We demonstrate a single-longitudinal-mode Ho3+:YVO4unidirectional ring laser based on the acousto-optic effect,utilizing the features of the acousto-optical Q switch and half-wave plate to achieve unidirectional operation.The maximum power achieved in the single-longitudinal-mode at 2053.9 nm is 941 mW when the absorbed power is set as 4.4 W,yielding a nearly 50% slope efficiency.The M~2 factor is 1.1.The results show that such a technique offers a potentially promising new method for achieving a high power and narrow linewidth 2 μm single-longitudinal-mode laser.