Rights and Responsibilities of .VN Registrars
On 15th July 2013, The Prime Minister promulgated the Decree 72/2013/NĐ-CP providing the guidance on the management, provision and use of Internet services and online information:
On 15th July 2013, The Prime Minister promulgated the Decree 72/2013/NĐ-CP providing the guidance on the management, provision and use of Internet services and online information:
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• On 6th January, 2009, the Minister of Information and Communications has issued Decision No. 05/QD-BTTTT establishment Vietnam National IPv6 Task Force.
• Main funtions of Vietnam National IPv6 Task Force: carrying out research, plans and schedule for implementing the transition to IPv6 in Vietnam.
• Members:
- Headed by Deputy Minister of Information and Communications (MIC).
- High position official from MIC.
- CEO of major local ISPs, CPs.
Autonomous System (AS) is a collection of connected Internet Protocol (IP) routing prefixes under the control of one or more network operators that presents a common, clearly defined routing policy to the Internet. From 01/01/2007, International number registries brought to use 32 bit ASN. In AP region, since 01/01/2009, 4byte ASN was issued for all application on default basis.
General Principles for ".VN" registration: Registration shall be made at domain name ".vn" registras on the principle of equality and non-discrimination, "first come, first served" basis. Vietnam country code domain names ".vn" are not governed by the Law on Intellectual Property. Sequences of characters or characters presenting trademarks, brand names, product marks and service marks, copyright and work titles are not eligible for online protection if they have not yet been registered in domain names, even if registration has been made for protection in reality.
Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) is an affiliation to the Ministry of Information and Communications, founded on 28th April 2000, and carries out the functions of managing, allocating, supervising and promoting the use of Internet domain name, address (IP), Autonomous System Number (ASN) in Vietnam (collectively called as “Internet resources”); providing Internet-related guidance, statistics on Internet; joining international activities on Internet.
Statistic of Domain Name | Statistic of IP address
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THE GOVERNMENT
Decree No. 72/2013/ND-CP dated July 15, 2013 of the Government on management, provision and use of Internet services and online information
Vietnamese domain names (IDN)
+ Vietnamese domain names are second-level domain names under country-coded domain name ".VN" written in Vietnamese language or third-level domain names under second-level domain names by administrative geography written in Vietnamese language.