The VO2 nanoribbons have been successfully prepared via hydrothermal reaction of V2O5 and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) solution. The products consist of a large number of ribbon-like nanostructures, and nanoribbons are 100-200 nm in width, 0.8-1.9 mu m in length and about 20-30 nm in average thickness. The influence on the morphology of the as-obtained products was briefly discussed on the basis of the experimental results.