Vietnamese higher education has been entering the era of digital technology education. This is considered an opportunity for educational institutions to change the content and form of teaching to meet the individualized needs of learners, helping them adapt to the future learning and working environment. Through investigating and synthesizing theoretical knowledge and analyzing strengths and weaknesses from previous research, the article analyzes the role, meaning and challenges of Vietnamese higher education when applying personalization according to the adaptive learning model; From there, propose a number of solutions that contribute to orienting educational institutions to improve the content and forms of learning in accordance with the goals, abilities and needs of individualized adaptive learning of learners, guiding learners to the community learning environment and learning society in the future.