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In the era of technology, digital transformation trend has made a great impact on higher education in both international institutes and universities in Vietnam. Especially, recently a few digitalized universities in Vietnam have been acknowledged by the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings. Among Vietnamese Universities is Duy Tan University ranked in the top 500 with the position 401-500 by THE in 2022, and one of a few world-class universities in Vietnam. The great achievement that DTU has got is due to the flexibility in employing digital transformation to meet the educational requirements during the Covid 19 pandemic. As a result, for the last two school years DTU assured the rate of graduates on schedule despite the severe pandemic. Digitalization is one of many crucial factors that helps Duy Tan University get such a high ranking. In order to help readers comprehend the digitalization for higher education, the study focuses on the benefits and challenges that digital transformation has brought in higher education through the survey of 154 English-majored students and 30 lecturers at Faculty of English, Duy Tan University. In addition, possible solutions to challenges are suggested so that other higher education institutes can get valuable lessons in digital transformation. It is hoped that digitalization for higher education becomes more and more popular and learners can get its benefits more easily.