From a historical perspective, the article analyzes the human values in a number of Vietnamese laws such as Hinh Thu - the Ly Dynasty, Quoc trieu Hinh Luat- the Tran Dynasty, Quoc trieu Hinh Luat - the Le Dynasty, Hoang trieu luat le - the Nguyen Dynasty and the current Vietnamese legal system. From the human values in the history of Vietnamese law, the article suggests a number of issues of the applied methodology, practical and scientific significance of the human values for Vietnam's higher education in the context of industrial revolution 4.0.

Human values, Vietnamese law, higher education

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