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VNNIC urges oversight of int’l domains

The Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) urged that the management and oversight of websites using international domain names be strengthened to prevent violations.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam InternetNetwork Information Centre (VNNIC) urged that the management and oversight ofwebsites using international domain names be strengthened to preventviolations.

Tran Minh Tan, VNNIC’s director, said at aconference on evaluating Internet information through domain name management,recently held in central Quang Binh Province, that websites which were found toviolate rules were mainly those using international domain names.

Tan urged provincial departments of Informationand Communications to enhance management of published content on websites,especially those with international domain names, registered in theirlocalities.

Updates about domain name registrations mustalso be regularly reported, according to VNNIC.

Recent statistics from the Ministry ofInformation and Communications revealed that some 90 percent of websites foundwith violations used international domain names.

The ministry said any entity living and workingin Vietnam when connecting to the Internet using national domain name “.vn” orinternational domain names must comply with the Internet management regulationsof Vietnam.

At a conference in May, Deputy Minister ofInformation and Communications Phan Tam said the ministry would enhancemanagement and inspection of the use of international domain names this year.

In addition, the ministry would revise relevantregulations for amendments to improve management and ensure healthy developmentof Internet information, he said.

VNNIC estimated that the number of internationaldomain names registered in Vietnam is now equivalent to national domain name“.vn”.

VNNIC said that some 70,900 “.vn” nationaldomain names were registered in the first half of this year, bringing the totalnumber of registered “.vn” domain names to more than 408,380.
“.vn” domain names grew at an average 10 percentper year during the past four years, especially names “gov.vn”, “edu.vn” and“org.vn”. - VNA

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