Under the decision, several procedures are abolished, including the transfer of the right to use the national domain name “.vn” and the change of its registrant to ensure an authorised post-check mechanism, in line with the policy of socialising services.
The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has recently proposed a number of new regulations on Internet resource management, including the national domain name ".vn".
The Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) under the Ministry of Information and Communications on June 29 officially announced the change of its brand identity on the Internet with the Vietnamese national domain name '.vn'.
About 486,000 internet addresses had been registered with Vietnam’s top-level domain (TLD) “.vn” as of September 30, which tops all other ASEAN domains and is among Asia-Pacific’s top ten in terms of usage.
As many as 739 cyber attacks were detected by the monitoring and warning system of the Vietnam Computer Emergency Rescue Team (VCERT) under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) in May, the team reported on June 14.
Owners of websites with the Vietnamese domain name “.vn” can now transfer domain names directly following a circular that was promulgated last year finally coming into effect, said the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC).
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are encouraged to promote brand building and e-commerce development to enhance competitiveness at a recent workshop on e-commerce in southern Can Tho City.
The Vietnamese domain name “.vn” is still leading ASEAN in the number of registrations, according to the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC).
Only a low proportion of Vietnamese companies have registered their domain name using “.vn”, according to the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre.
