As copyright infringement continues to surge in the digital environment, Viet Nam's publishing industry confronts mounting challenges. Infringement methods are becoming increasingly sophisticated, cross-border in nature, and supported by modern technology.

The Party Central Committee Secretariat’s Directive No. 04‑CT/TW, dated March 17, 2026, on strengthening the Party’s leadership of publishing activities in the new context, reaffirms the status and role of publishing as a vital ideological field and sets out the requirement to advance the sector’s development.

Viet Nam’s publishing industry is currently witnessing new development opportunities. Producers and distributors of audiobooks, e-books and digital libraries identify technology, data and user experience as core foundations, gradually shaping the identity of a modern, creative, and globally integrated publishing sector.

Amid the increasingly deep digital transformation wave, the publishing industry is expected to enter a breakthrough era with strong support from artificial intelligence (AI). At present, AI has been integrated into every stage of the publishing chain: from content creation, editing, printing, to e-book and audiobook distribution, as well as analysing readers’ preferences.

The Viet Nam Digital Publishing Summit 2025 (DPS 2025) kicked off in Ha Noi on June 24 with the participation of management agencies, numerous publishers and press agencies, as well as representatives from prominent digital content and digital transformation enterprises nationwide.