For more than 20 years from 1945 to the second education reform in 1956, philology textbooks in Vietnam do not have much. Writing textbooks have been made in the first education reform in 1950, but to the second education reform in 1956, the first literature textbook was published called "Literary selection". Although there are some disadvantages, but these textbook has an important contribution in the increase of knowledge, development of education in Vietnam in the first phase and create the basis for writing philology textbook in the future.