“The Tale of Kieu” – the choice of Vietnam values

The paper sheds light on the adaptation of a literary work reaching the pinnacle of Vietnamese medieval written literature in the context of the regional and Vietnam's particular traditional culture through decoding the creative process of Nguyen Du's The Tale of Kieu - a symbol of Vietnamese national culture. The paper shows how a literary work has become a national literary peak and the image of The Tale of Kieu becomes a symbol of national consciousness, the spirit of cultural nationalization.