Abstract: Vietnam’s publishing institutions has made great efforts to implement various political tasks for many years, and improved the publications’ quality gradually in order to meet the readers’ need better. However, there are still some problems in Vietnam’s publishing activities in recent years. The three tasks of modernization, specialization and socialization have not yet been implemented effectively. The basic reason is that the publishing staff haven’t recognized profoundly the publishing value, function and their own responsibility and professional ethics.

Key words: Vietnam’s publishing industry, publishing value, professional ethics