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REPORT ON
VIETNAM INTERNET
RESOURCES 2014
(PUBLISHED: DECEMBER 2014)
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CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY OF VIETNAM INTERNET NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER (VNNIC) AND
INTERNET RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN VIETNAM
IMPORTANT EVENTS
ASCII “.VN” COUNTRY CODE TOP LEVEL DOMAIN NAME
1. “.VN” IN THE WORLD
2. “.VN” GROWTH OVER THE YEARS
2.1 “.vn” cummulative number of registrations and growth rate
2.2 “.vn” new registrations and growth rate
2.3 Quantity and ration of new registrations/ renewals/ withdrawals
2.4 New registrations by registrar
2.5 New registration breakdown
2.5.1 New registrations by geographical
2.5.2 New registrations by registrant
2.5.3 New registrations by extension
2.6 The correlation between the growth of “.vn” and gTLDs
3. “.VN” DOMAIN NAME BREAKDOWN BY CATEGORY
3.1 Domains breakdown by extension
3.2 Domains breakdown by geographical area

3.3 Domains breakdown by registrant
3.4 Domains breakdown by business sector
3.4.1 “.vn” registration in commercial sector
3.4.2 “.vn” registration in educational sector
3.4.3 “.vn” registration in government authority sector
3.5 Length of domain name
4. “.VN” DOMAIN NAME USAGE
4.1 Service usage of ".vn" domain name
4.1.1 Web Hosting
4.1.2 DNS Hosting
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INTERNET ADDRESS (IP) & AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM NUMBER (ASN)
1. IPV4 ADDRESS
1.1 IPv4 address growth over the years
1.2 Vietnam’s rank of the number of IPv4 addresses in the Asia Region and in the world
1.3 VNNIC IP Member growth
1.4 VNNIC members by category
2. AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM NUMBER (ASN)
3. IPv6 ADDRESS PROMOTION IN VIETNAM
3.1 IPv6 promotion policies in Vietnam
3.2 IPv6 Promotion events in 2014
3.3 Number of IPv6 addresses in Vietnam over the years
3.4 IPv6 penetration in Vietnam in 2014
“.VN” DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM (DNS)
1. DNSSEC DEPLOYMENT MASTER PLAN FOR ".VN" DNS IN VIETNAM
2. DNS QUERY STATISTICS
2.1 Number of queries
2.2 Number of “.vn” vs international domain name queries
2.3 “.vn” queries breakdown by extension

2.4 gTLD queries breakdown extension
VIETNAM NATIONAL INTERNET EXCHANGE – VNIX
1. VNIX EXCHANGE POINT
2. VNIX MEMBERS
3. VNIX GROWTH
3.1 VNIX members
3.2 Connection bandwidth
3.3 VNIX traffic
3.4 Inbound/ Outbound traffic
3.5 Connection bandwidth via port
4. ROUTING ON VINIX
4.1 Quality of IP advertised via VNIX
4.2 IP Prex advertisement via VNIX
5. TOP 50 “.VN” DOMAIN NAMES MOST QUERIED IN 2014
6. “.VN” ACCREDITED REGISTRAR SYSTEM
6.1 Market share of registrars
6.2 Market share of registrars in the northern region
6.3 Market share of registrars in the middle region
6.4 Market share of registrars in the southern region
VIETNAMESE INTERNATIONALIZED DOMAIN NAME (IDN .VN)
1. VIETNAMESE INTERNATIONALIZED DOMAIN NAM (IDN .VN) GROWTH
2. IDN.VN BREAKDOWN
2.1 IDN.VN breakdown by registrant
2.2 IDN.VN breakdown by geographical area
3. IDN.VN SERVICES USAGE
3.1 Service breakdown
3.2 Service usage breakdown by geographical area
4. TOP 50 IDN “.VN” MOST QUERIED IN 2014
INTERNATIONAL DOMAIN NAMES USED IN VIETNAM
1. INTERNATIONAL DOMAIN NAME USAGE IN VIETNAM

1.1 International domain name breakdown
1.1.1 gTLDs vs other ccTLDs
1.1.2 gTLD queries breakdown by extension
1.1.3 Top 20 ccTLDs most queried in Vietnam
1.2 The average length of gTLDs queried in Vietnam
1.3 Top 50 gTLDs most queried 2014
2. RATIO OF SERVICE USAGE AND SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR INTERNATIONAL DOMAIN
NAMES IN VIETNAM
2.1 Ration of service usage of international domain names
2.1.1 Web Hosting
2.1.2 DNS Hosting
2.2 Growth of domestic service provision for international domain names
2.3 gTLDs with most services
2.4 Top 50 international domain name with domestic service (Web Hosting, DNS
hosting) most queried in 2014
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ietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC)
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would like to introduce the “Report on Vietnam Internet
Resources 2014” to the readers. This annual report
provides data, information and analysis on the growth,
development and characteristics of Internet resources in
Vietnam.
In the past few years, the rapid growth of the Internet in Vietnam
has resulted from the harmonized development in many aspects

and many elds including Internet resources (domain names, IP
addresses, autonomous system numbers), which is the basic
parameters for Internet service activities.
The data and analysis of the management, development, and
habits of registering and using Internet resources, which reects
the Internet activites as well as the growth of the Internet
economy of Vietnam in terms of developing Internet resources,
will be found in this report.
VIETNAM INTERNET NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER
INTRODUCTION
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HISTORY OF VIETNAM INTERNET NETWORK
INFORMATION CENTER (VNNIC) AND INTERNET
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN VIETNAM
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Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) is an affiliation to the Ministry of Information
and Communications (MIC), founded on 28th April 2000, and carries out the functions of managing,
allocating, supervising and promoting the use of Internet resources, such as “.vn” domain name,
address (IP), Autonomous System Number (ASN); managing and operating the Vietnam Internet
Exchange (VNIX) and the national DNS system; providing Internet-related guidance, statistics on
Internet; and joining international activities on Internet.
With the results of the growth and development of Internet resources, information activities and user
guidance, VNNIC has been playing an important role in the promotion and development of Internet
in Vietnam as well as the integration of Vietnam into the global Internet.
2000:
Ÿ Vietnam Internet Network Information
Center (VNNIC) was established

2001:
Ÿ Became a member of Asia Pacic Top
Level Domain Name Association
(APTLD).
Ÿ The functions of management and
operation of DNS was officially taken
over from VNPT.
2003:
Ÿ Provided Vietnam Internet statistics.
Ÿ Vietnam Network Internet Exchange
(VNIX) was established.
Ÿ Recognized by Asia Pacic Network
Information Center (APNIC) as the
National Internet Registry of Vietnam
(NIR).
Ÿ Vietnamese International Domain
Name (IDN.VN) promotion project was
granted VIFOTEC award.
2004:
Ÿ Testing the IDN.VN registration
2005:
Ÿ Opened the branch in Danang City.
2007:
Ÿ Applied fully the Registry-
Registrar model for “.vn”.
Ÿ Set up the National IPv6 testing
network.
2008:
Ÿ Opened the branch in Hochiminh
City.

Ÿ Set up the National IPv6 testing
network.
2009:
Ÿ Planned the roadmap for the
transition of IPv4 to IPv6 in
Vietnam
Ÿ The Vietnamese IPv6 Task Force
(VNIPv6TF) was established,
VNNIC ac ting as Standing
Committee.
2013:
Ÿ Became official member of
ccNSO (ICANN).
Ÿ Launch IPv6 national network.
Ÿ Granted ISO9001:2008
certication
VNNIC
2000-2002 2003-2005 2006-2008 2009 -2011 2012-2014
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1997:
Ÿ The rst “.vn” domain name was
registered.
2003:
Ÿ Decision No. 92/2003/QD-BBCVT on
management and use of Internet
resources – the rst legal document on

Internet resource management was
issued, which allowed individuals to
register “.vn” domain name.
2005:
Ÿ The Decision No.27/2005/QD-BBCVT
on management and use of Internet
resources was approved, allowing the
registration of second level domain
under “.vn” and replacing Decision
No.92/2003/QD-BBCVT
2006:
Ÿ The public registration for
second level domain name
under “.vn” was opened
2007:
Ÿ Applied fully the “Registry-
Registrar” model for “.vn”
2008:
Ÿ The Circular No.09/2008/TT-
BTTTT on the management and
use of Internet resources and the
Circular No.10/2008/TT-BTTTT
on the settlement of disputes
over Vietnam's country code
domain name “.vn” were issued.
2010:
Ÿ The number of “.vn” reached
100,000. Vietnam became the
second largest country in ASEAN
in terms of ccTLD registrations.

2011:
Ÿ The registration and
maintenance fees of “.vn”
domain name were reduced
(average 30%). The registration
of 1,2 character third level
domain was allowed.
2001:
Ÿ Vietnam became the largest
country in ASEAN in terms of
ccTLD registrations.
2012:
Ÿ The number of “.vn” reached
200,000. Vietnam continued to
be the largest country in ASEAN
in terms of ccTLD registrations.
2014:
Ÿ Launched the domain
management system (SRS) with
EPP standards.
2014:
Ÿ Vietnam ranked 7th in Asia in the
number of ccTLD registrations.
ASCII “.vn”
domain
1997-2002 2003-2005 2006-2008 2009 -2011 2012-2014
2001:
Ÿ Conducting research on IDN.VN
2003:
Ÿ IDN.VN research project was granted

VIFOTEC award.
2004:
Ÿ Testing the IDN.VN registration.
2007:
Ÿ IDN.VN registration was limited
to ASCII “.vn” domain name
holders.
2011:
Ÿ Opened free registration period
for IDN.VN, starting the booming
period of IDN.VN.
2011:
Ÿ Free service of Web-redirect was
provided
2012:
Ÿ Free services of Web template,
DNS hosting, DNS delegation
were provided
2014:
Ÿ 1 million IDN.VN reached
Vietnamese
domain
name
(IDN “.VN”)
2000-2002 2003-2005 2006-2008 2009 -2011 2012-2014
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2000:
Ÿ Asia Pacic Network Information
Center (APNIC) allocated the IP
addresses directly to IP members
which were Vietnamese ISPs (VNPT,
VIETTEL, FPT)
2003:
Ÿ Recognized by APNIC as the National
Internet Registry (NIR) of Vietnam.
2003:
Ÿ APNIC member accounts of VNPT,
VIETTEL, FPT were transferred to VNNIC
2004:
Ÿ The rst IPv6 address block was
allocated.
2007:
Ÿ 1 million IPv4 reached. The
exhaustion of IPv4 came near.
2008:
Ÿ MIC issued a directive on the
promotion of IPv6 deployment.
Ÿ Set up the National IPv6 testing
network.
2009:
Ÿ The Vietnamese IPv6 Task Force
was established.
2010:
10 million IPv4
2011:
IPv4 pool exhausted. APNIC and

VNNIC apdopted the allocation policy
of the exhaustion period.
2012:
Ÿ First national IPv6 event was hosted
by VNNIC.
2013:
Ÿ May 6th was recognized as Vietnam
IPv6 Day, with the official launching
of IPv6 network and services.
Ÿ The project “Promotion of IPv6
deployment for ASEAN ICT SMEs”
was started by VNNIC
2014:
Ÿ MIC issued a decision on amending
the the national action plan of IPv6,
adding more participants such as
online newspaper, information
portals, social networks, “.vn”
domain registrars, international
domain registrars in Vietnam,
software companies, and network
equipment providers, to the plan.
IP/ASN
2000-2002 2003-2005 2006-2008 2009 -2011 2012-2014
2007:
Ÿ All 07/07 ISPs with infrastructure
licenses connected to VNIX.
2008:
Ÿ VNI X suppor t e d 10 G b p s
connection

2009:
Ÿ 11 ISPs connected to VNIX
2010:
Ÿ VNIX officially deployed IPv6,
becoming the rst network in
Vietnam to support IPv4/IPv6
dual stack.
2012:
Ÿ Added two more VNIX points in
Danang City and Hoa Lac, Hanoi
2013:
Ÿ National IPv6 network was launched
VNIX
2000-2002 2003-2005 2006-2008 2009 -2011 2012-2014
2003:
Ÿ Vietnam Network Internet Exchange
(VNIX) was established with rst point
in Hanoi and two members VNPT and
Viettel
2004:
Ÿ 2nd VNIX point
2005:
Ÿ All members upgraded to 1Gbps –
minimum requirement.
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The Prime Minister signed Decision No. 38/2014/QD-TTg to promulgate the
regulation on the auction and transfer of the right to use in telecommunication
number storage and Internet domain names
The D ecision No.38/2014/QD – TTg
promulgating the auction and transfer the
right to use in telecommunication number
storage and Internet domain names took
effect from 1st September 2014.
By allowing the auction and transfer of the
right to use in telecommunication number
storage and Internet domain name, this
D e ci s ion w a s c on s ide red t o b e a
breakthrough for the market of “.vn” domain
names, forcing the development of “.vn”
registration.
Besides allowing the auction and trade of “.vn” domain name, this Decision also prohibits the trade of
protected domains, including the names of the Party and Government authorities, political and
social organizations, and other domains related to the benets, security of national sovereignty;
domain names in violation of regulations, under dispute settlement process or suspension.
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Vietnamese international domain name (IDN .VN) reaches 1 million
registration
On 25th August 2014, at the office of the Ministry
of Information and Communications – 18 Nguyen
Du, Hanoi, Vietnam Internet Network Information
Center (VNNIC) organized the event “Celebration
of the 1 million Vietnamese international domain
names”. This milestone brought Vietnam to

become the country with the largest number of
IDNs, which reected the potential development
of Vietnamese international domain name in the
market, as well as preserving national cultural
identity, a new stage of development of the
Internet of Vietnam.
1 million Vietnamese IDN milestone also marked the integration of Vietnam into the global Internet,
together with preserving Vietnamese culture and content in the Internet.
VNNIC launches domain name management system in accordance with
international EPP standard
On 11th October 2014, VNNIC officially
replaced the current domain name
management system (DMS) with the Shared
Registry System (SRS), using EPP (Extensible
Provisioning Protocol). The transition to the
new management system with advanced
technologies will improve the management
capacity and promote “.vn” domain name in
both domestic and oversea markets. This
new system helps VNNIC and “.vn” registrars,
both domestic and foreign, to minimize
manual management operations and
signicantly shortens the time to process requirements from registrants. This new system is really
important as enhancing the competitiveness of the “.vn” domain name and promoting the “.vn”
domain name in the future.
The National IPv6 Action Plan amended
On 20th October 2014, the Minister of Information and
Communications signed Decision No. 1509/QD-BTTTT
on amending Decision No. 433/QD-BTTTT on 29th
March 2011 providing the National IPv6 Action Plan.

After 3 years of execution, the Action Plan has proved
to signicantly improve the public awareness of IPv6
deployment in Vietnam, with major achievements by
Vietnamese Internet service providers (ISPs). However,
there are still several drawbacks including the low IPv6
traffic and lack of IPv6 commercial services. To
overcome this situation, the Vietnam IPv6 Task Force
(VNIPv6TF) recognized the need to review and admend the national action plans on IPv6, by adding
tasks and contents for new participants of the IPv6 plan such as online newspaper, information
portals, social networks, “.vn” domain registrars, international domain name registrars in Vietnam,
software companies, and network equipment providers.
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“IPv6 Showcase” Conference on Vietnam IPv6 Day 2014
On 06th May 2014 - the Vietnam IPv6 Day 2014,
at the JW Marriott Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam
Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) –
Standing Committee for Vietnam IPv6 Task
Force (VNIPv6TF) - hosted the Conference “IPv6
Showcase” with the endorsement of the
Ministry of Information and Communications
(MIC).
The conference attracted the participation of
approximately 300 representatives from MIC,
the VNIPv6TF, local authorities, policy makers,
the IT sector, equipment and service providers. Within the conference, important updates about IPv6

deployment were shared with all the attendees by experts from international organizations and
institutions.
Protecting Vietnamese trademark and brand name with “.vn” ccTLD”
Conference 2014
On 28th March 2014, Vietnam Internet Network
Information Center (VNNIC) and the Department
of Information and Communications, Quang
Ninh province, co-hosted the third conference of
the series “Protecting Vietnamese trademark and
brand name with “.vn” ccTLD”. Participating in the
conference were leaders of the government
authorities of Quang Ninh province and about
200 representatives from local businesses and
associations.
To be continue with the success of the 2013
events, the conference in Quang Ninh was aimed at enhancing the public awareness of the business
on the protection of trademarks on the Internet; promoting marketing activities on the Internet with
“.vn” domain name; promoting the development of e-commerce and information technology
application in Quang Ninh province as well as nearby provinces; strengthening the management of
local government in Internet activities in general.
VNNIC hosted the workshop on promoting and encouraging the deployment
of IPv6 in ASEAN ICT SMEs
On 19th March 2014, Vietnam Internet Network
I nforma tio n C enter ( VN NIC ) ho ste d a n
international workshop with the theme of
“Promoting IPv6 in ICT SMEs in the ASEAN region”.
The workshop was part of the project to promote
IPv6 deployment in small and medium ICT
enterprises (SMEs) in the ASEAN region. The
workshop was an opportunity to update the status

of IPv6 deployment in ASEAN countries, and to
discuss and make recommendations to guide
small and medium ICT enterprises in the process of
IPv6 deployment for the whole area. The workshop attracted the participation of experts from Asia
Pacic Network Information Centre (APNIC), experts in the eld of IPv6, representatives from ASEAN
countries and other units of Ministry of Information and Communications.
DNSSEC deployment project approved
On Oct 23rd 2014, the Minister of Information
and Communication signed the Decision No.
1524/QĐ-BTTTT to approve the project of
DNSSEC deployment for the “.vn” DNS.
Domain Name System Security Extensions
(DNSSEC) is a suite of IETF specications for
securing certain kinds of information provided
by DNS with authentication and protection.
The deployment plan for DNSSEC by VNNIC
will include 3 phases: Phase 1: Preparation (2015), Phase 2: Implementation (2016) and Phase 3:
Accomplishment (2017). After completing the plan , the DNSSEC specications will be implemented
widely on the “.vn” DNS, DNS of major ISPs “.vn” registrars, DNS Hosting providers and government
authorities.
It is expected that after the approval of MIC, the whole deployment plan for DNSSEC will soon be
executed and achive great results in bringing about the secure and reliable “.vn” DNS, as well as the
infrastructure and development of Internet in Vietnam.
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VNNIC strengthens the relationship with professional organizations.
VNNIC – CC for TLD .RU: On the invitation of
Coordination Center for TLD .RU, VNNIC sent the
representative to participate in the 5th Russia
Internet Governance Forum (RIGF) and the 20th
anniversary of .RU ccTLD. On this occasion, the
representatives of the two organizations exchanged
information and discussed on the topics that both
were interested in such as: policy and experience on
Internet resource management, management and
promotion of ccTLD, IDN ccTLD; Internet statistics.
Based on the discussion, VNNIC and CC for TLD .RU
would expect to expand the cooperation activities
and improve the relationship in the near future.
VNNIC-JPNIC: At the end of 2013, at the
invitation of Japan Network Information
Center (JPNIC), the delegation of VNNIC
headed by Mr. Hoang Minh Cuong – General
Director of VNNIC, paid a working visit to
Japan. Within the working visit, a signing
ce remo ny o f t he Me mora ndu m of
Understanding (MoU) between VNNIC and
JPNIC was arranged with the attendance of
representatives of the two organizations.
Based on the MoU, in 2014, the two
organizations executed the detailed
cooperation plan with particular activities such as: working visit of the Vietnamese IPv6 Task Force to
attend the training course on the IPv6 Ready Logo Certication Program at the Institute of Japanese
Telecommunications Equipment (JATE) at May 2014; attending and presenting at the Internet Week
of Japan, studying and working with JPNIC at November 2014. Those cooperations enhanced the

strong cooperation between VNNIC and JPNIC
VNNIC-APNIC: From 14th to 19th September 2014, the
delegation of VNNIC headed by Mr. Tran Minh Tan – Deputy
Director of VNNIC- attended the 38th meeting of Asia
Pacic Network Information Center (APNIC) in Brisbane,
Australia. On this occasion, Mr. Tran Minh Tan and Mr. Paul
Wilson – General Manager of APNIC exchanged the NIR
agreement signed between VNNIC and APNIC, and
reaffirmed the commitment to the relationship of mutual
support between the two parties on the basis towards the
sustainable development of Internet resources in the Asia
Pacic region. Besides, VNNIC and APNIC had a meeting to
discuss the issues of bilateral cooperation between the
two parties in the future.
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STATISTICS AND ANALYSIS
OF VIETNAM INTERNET
RESOURCES
Over the years, the Internet resources including “.vn” country code top level domain (ccTLD),
IP address and Autonomous System Number (ASN) have been expanding considerably,
serving as an important factor that benets the development of the Internet in Vietnam.
MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
VN

INTERNET
.VN
DOMAIN NAME
IPV6
001100110011
DOMAIN NAME
203.119.8.0/22
IP ADDRESS
TENMIEN.VN
RESOURCES
VN
001100110011
DOMAIN NAME
DOMAIN NAME
DOMAIN NAME
VN
203.119.8.0/22
TENMIEN.VN
TENMIEN.VN
TENMIEN.VN
TENMIEN.VN
203.119.8.0/22
VN
VN
MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
IPV6
INTERNET
TENMIEN.VN

INTERNET
INTERNET
ASCII “.VN” COUNTRY CODE
TOP LEVEL DOMAIN
291,103
13%
17
1st Asean, 7th Asia
DOMAIN NAMES:
GROWTH RATE:
RANKING:
REGISTRARS:
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ASCII “.VN” COUNTRY CODE TOP LEVEL DOMAIN
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1. “.VN” IN THE WORLD
Since 2011, “.vn” has always been the most registered ccTLD in the ASEAN region. According to APTLD
statistics of Asia's top 20 ccTLD with highest number of registrations by Sep 2014, “.vn” ranked in top
10, with more than 286,000 domain names registered.
In the monthly member statistics and growth reports of APTLD since July 2014, “.vn” had been within
the top 5 ccTLDs with the highest growth for the month in terms of absolute values of registrations.
Figure 1: Top 5 ccTLDs among APTLD with the highest growth for the month in terms of
absolute values of registrations (Sep 2014)
(Source: APTLD)
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60

80
100
120
140
Thousands
20
0
.cn .vn .ir .au .mx
Ranking
Country
ccTLD
Total registrations
China
India
Japan
Korea
Taiwan
Iran
Vietnam
Hongkong
Israel
Malaysia
.cn
.in
.jp
.kr
.tw
.ir
.vn
.hk

.il
.my
10,906,655
~1,700,000
1,384,493
1,032,828
738,101
546,708
286,561
268,283
239,992
221,072
2. “.VN” GROWTH OVER THE YEARS
2.1 “.vn” cummulative number and growth rate
2000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

2010
2011
2012
2013
Oc
t - 2014
50%
100%
150%
200%
250%
300%
Growth rate
Total registrations
“.vn” Domain name
Growth rate
2014 Forcast
Figure 2: Cummulative number of domains and growth rate over the years (2000-2014)
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Singapore
Kazakhstan
Indonesia
Thailand
Philipine
Saudi Arabia
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Qatar
Tajikistan
Christmas Island
Timore Leste
.sg
.kz
.id
.th
.ph
.sa
.az

.am
.qa
.tj
.cx
.tp
166,981
116,439
114,483
62,901
~60,000
36,374
22,934
22,178
14,592
5,804
5,522
2,843
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In comparison with other ccTLDs in the region, “.vn” still kept a quite steady growth with an 1.1%
increase in both Aug and Sep 2014, while it can be seen from the below table that some other ccTLDs
witnessed a fall in the growth rate, or even negative development. Until Oct 2014, the overall growth
rate of “.vn” reached 9.4%, and was expected to reach 13% at the end of 2014. After the introduction of
new gTLDs into the market, the competition from those was signicantly intense, with such a 139.8%
growth rate from May to Aug 2014, while ccTLDs only rose by 1,7% (Domain Name Stat Report -

CENTR, Sep 2014).
Year
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Renewal
543
1,198
2,176
5,478
9,037
14,345
34,924
55,872
Growth rate
0%
221%
182%
252%
165%
159%
243%
160%
2008
2009

2010
2011
2012
2013
Oct 2014
75,715
99,185
127,364
180,332
232,749
266,028
136%
131%
128%
142%
129%
114%
109,4%
113%
291,103
300.569
2014 Forecast
Table 3: Growth of ccTLDs (Aug & Sep 2014)
(Source: APTLD Member Statistics and Growth Report Aug & Sep 2014)
Table 2: Cummulative number of domains and growth rate over the years (2000 – 2014).
No.
1
2
3
4

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
ccTLD
Growth
(Aug 2014)
Growth
(Sep 2014)
Country
1,3%
-1,1%
0,3%
- 5,4%
-2,0%
0,2%
1,1%
0,6%
-0,4%
2,2%
-0,6%
0,8%

1,1%
4,0%
0,9%
0,4%
1,1%
1,7%
0,2%
-0,3%
-1,8%
0,3%
1,1%
0,8%
-0,2%
1,3%
-0,8%
1,5%
1,4%
0,3%
0,8%
0,3%
.cn
.nu
.jp
.kr
.tw
.nz
.vn
.hk
.th
.my

.us
.sg
.kz
.id
.sa
.qa
China
Niue
Japan
Korea
Taiwan
New Zealand
Vietnam
Hongkong
Thailand
Malaysia
USA
Singapore
Kazakhstan
Indonesia
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
2.2 “.vn” new registrations and growth rate
Table 4: New registrations and growth rate (2000 – 2014)
Oc
t/2014
Year
2000
2001
2002

2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
New registrations
330
655
978
3302
3559
5308
20579
25680
Growth rate
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
32388
40576
47302
80246
97315
100,382
86,342
104,489
126%

125%
117%
170%
121%
103%
86%
104%
0
198%
149%
338%
108%
149%
388%
125%
Under the inuence of the global economic crisis, since 2013, the growth rate of “.vn” new
registration has been lower than before. In 2014, the development of “.vn” witnessed both of the
hardship of economy and the competition of the new gTLDs. Under the circumstance, VNNIC and the
Registrars continued the promotional activities for “.vn” ccTLD, such as the series of conference with
the theme of “Protecting Vietnamese trademark and brandname with “.vn” ccTLD”, strengthening the
relationship with customers, and improving the service quality for customers. Consequently, “.vn”
has still reached some achievements during the downturn of the economy.
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007

2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
0
20000
0
50%
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
100%
150%
200%
250%
300%
350%
400%
450%
Growth rate
New registrations
“.vn” Domain name
Growth rate
2014 Forcast
Figure 3: New registrations and growth rate (2000 – 2014)
Oct/2014

2014 Forecast
By Oct 2014, the number of new registrations reached 86,342. It is forecasted that the total number of
new registration of 2014 would be 104,489, rising about 4% more than that of 2013.
Year
New registrations
Growth rate
Growth rateRenewalYear
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2.3 Quantity and ratio of new registrations/renewals/withdrawals
The statistics of “.vn” new registrations, withdrawals and renewals in the years of 2012, 2013 and 2014
showed that there was a steady rise in the number of new registrations and renewals, which reects
the sustainable development and customer loyalty of the “.vn” domain.
Figure 4: “.vn” New registrations (2012, 2013, 2014)
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
2013
2014
2012

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2013
2014
2012
0
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2013
2014
2012
Figure 5: “.vn” Renewals (2012, 2013, 2014)
Figure 6: “.vn” Withdrawals (2012, 2013, 2014)
There was a slight increase in the number of “.vn” withdrawals in 2014, when the cumulative number
of domains registered in the system goes up. Therefore, the ratios between the new registrations,
withdrawals and renewals will be taken into consideration, in order to estimate the development
and persistence of the Vietnam ccTLD as follows:
10/2014
2013

2012
2011
2010
0.0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
100%
Withdrawals/New registrations
45%
38%
46,4%
65,2%
66,9%
10/2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
0.0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
100%
Withdrawals/Renewals
45%
45,6%
41,1%
48,5%
43,7%
Figure 7: “.vn” Withdrawals/New registrations, Withdrawals/Renewals (2010 - 2014)
As it can be seen from the gure above, during the period from 2010 to 2014, the peak development
of “.vn” domain occurred in 2011, with the lowest ratio of withdrawals/new registrations in 5 years. In
2013 and 2014, this ratio climbed to nearly 67%, which proved the saturation of the domain market.
On the other hand, the Withdrawals/Renewals ratio has not much changed over the period, reaching
43.7% in 2014, as a result of the effort of VNNIC and registrars to compensate for the difficulties in

developing new registrations. Customer loyalty and steady growth are considered as two important
strengths of ccTLDs, in comparison with gTLDs. During recent years, “.vn” domain names have been
maintaining those two characteristics.
P
A V
ietnam
M
A
T BAO
FPT
GMO RUNSY
STEM
Nhan Hoa
iNE
T
ESC
VDC
H
i-tek
Net Nam
SPT
GL
TEC
IP Mirr
or
Instra
InterNetX
Qinetics
E
uroDNS

5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
2012
0
2013 2014
Figure 8: New registrations by registrar (2012, 2013, 2014)
2.4 New registrations by registrar
Số tên miền
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5.02%
0.00%
0.62%
0.05%
0.24%
1.07%
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2012
28.85%
23.33%

24.45%
0.72%
0.00%
0.43%
5.08%
5.06%
1.71%
Registrar
PA Vietnam
Mat Bao
FPT
GMO RUNSYSTEM
Nhan Hoa
iNET
ESC
VDC
Hi-tek
2013
27.81%
22.60%
19.43%
5.34%
4.07%
5.65%
4.94%
4.61%
1.26%
2014
27.72%
21.36%

13.49%
8.47%
7.77%
7.42%
4.54%
4.45%
1.07%
2012
2.49%Net Nam
SPT
GLTEC
IP Mirror
Instra
InterNetX
Qinetics
EuroDNS
0.78%
0.74%
0.38%
0.33%
0.24%
0.22%
0.12%
2014
0.89%
0.05%
1.49%
0.08%
0.38%
0.15%

0.28%
0.33%
2013
1.56%
Table 5: New registrations by registrar (2012, 2013, 2014)
Mat Bao, FPT, PA Vietnam have been remaining the top 3 registrars of “.vn” during the period from
2012 to 2014. The other newly accredited registrars including iNET, GMO Runsystem, Nhan Hoa had
considerable achievements in developing new registrations. There are not much changes among
the market share, new registrations, withdrawals and renewals over the time. Almost all registrars
keep the similar growth rate compared to 2013.
Overseas
9.88%
North
40.22%
5.64%
Middle
South
44.26%
43.28%
5.08%
46.35%
5.29%
41.24%
43.54%
9.19%
6.03%
Individual
Organization
48% 52%
56%

44%
2.5 New registrations breakdown
Figure 9: New registrations by geographical area (2012, 2013, 2014)
2.5.1 New registrations by geographical area
Figure 10: New registrations by registrant (2012, 2013, 2014)
Year 2012 Year 2013
Year 2014
Year 2012 Year 2013
Year 2014
Overseas
North
Middle
South
Middle
South
North
Overseas
2.5.2 New registrations by registrant
Organization
Individual
Organization
Individual
Registrar
2.5.3 New registrations by extension
.vn
com.vn
edu.vn
net.vn
name.vn
org.vn

Provinces
info.vn
gov.vn
pro.vn
biz.vn
health.vn
ac.vn
int.vn
name.vn
edu.vn
net.vn
info.vn
gov.vn
pro.vn
biz.vn
health.vn
ac.vn
int.vn
org.vn
Provinces
.vn
com.vn
Year 2014
Year 2013 Year 2012
Figure 11: New registrations by extension (2012, 2013, 2014)
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name.vn
edu.vn
net.vn
info.vn

gov.vn
pro.vn
biz.vn
health.vn
ac.vn
int.vn
org.vn
Provinces
.vn
com.vn
43%
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150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
50,000
“.vn” gTLDs
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000

50,000
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2.6 The correlation between the growth of “.vn” ccTLD and gTLDs in Vietnam.
According to the statistics on website www.webhosting.info, by Oct 2014, there were 213.652 gTLDs
registered by Vietnamese registrants. In Vietnam, during the rst years of Internet activities, gTLDs
had a substantial development with higher number of domain registrations than “.vn”. Ever since
2010, the number of “.vn” registrations has become larger.
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
gTLDs
“.vn” ccTLD
Figure 12: Growth of “.vn” vs gTLDs (2010 – 2014)
2010 2011 2012 2013 Oct/2014
Poly.
Disparity
50,000
Extension
.vn
com.vn
edu.vn
net.vn
name.vn
org.vn
provinces
2012
50.20%

33.64%
4.28%
2.43%
7.19%
0.75%
0.31%
2013
53.13%
33.61%
5.65%
2.70%
2.21%
0.82%
0.94%
2014
53.48%
33.51%
5.52%
2.81%
2.78%
0.69%
0.34%
Extension
info.vn
gov.vn
pro.vn
biz.vn
health.vn
ac.vn
int.vn

2012
0.27%
0.46%
0.24%
0.14%
0.03%
0.05%
0.01%
2013
0.28%
0.22%
0.21%
0.17%
0.02%
0.03%
0.00%
2014
0.28%
0.20%
0.18%
0.13%
0.04%
0.04%
0.01%
0
Table 6: New registrations by extension (2012, 2013, 2014)
Figure 13: Growth of “.vn” vs gTLDs (2013 – 2014)
2013 2014
Figure 14: New registrations, withdrawals and net growth of “.vn” ccTLD vs gTLDs in Vietnam.
(Source of gTLDs: www.webhosting.info)

In comparison to “.vn” domain in 2014, gTLDs had the higher number of new registrations, but also
higher number of withdrawals, which resulted in the lower net growth. This proved the steady
development of “.vn” domain over the years.
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4,000
6,000
2,000
2,000
4,000
0
5,000
10,000
0
0
-5,000 -2,000
New registrations Withdrawals Net growth
“.vn” ccTLD
gTLDs
“.vn” gTLDs
“.vn” ccTLD
gTLDs
“.vn” ccTLD
gTLDs
261,256
232,749
291,103
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3. “.VN” DOMAIN NAME BREAKDOWN BY CATEGORY
At the end of Oct 2014, there were 291,103 “.vn” domain names in the system.
3.1 Domains breakdown by extension
The “.vn” and “.com.vn” domain names continued to be dominant with approximately 89% of new
registrations, while the second level “.vn” domain names accounted for more than 50% of new
registrations.
Provinces
.info.vn
.pro.vn
.biz.vn
.ac.vn
.health.vn
.int.vn
.vn
.com.vn
.edu.vn
.net.vn
.name.vn
.org.vn
.gov.vn
Figure 15: “.vn” domains breakdown by extension
Table 7: “.vn” domains breakdown by extension.
In 1999, the rst domain name were registered by a foreign registrant. After 15 years, the overseas
market share of “.vn” has still remained relatively small, accouting for only 6.76% of total “.vn” domain
names in the system.
3.2 Domain breakdown by geographical area

Domestic
93.24%
Overseas
6,76%
France
United
States
Germany
Singapore
United Kingdom
China
Korea
Australia
Switzerland
Japan
HongKong
Others
Figure 16: “.vn” domains breakdown by geographical area
Percentage
93.24%
6,76%
Percentage
Country
France
United States
Germany
Singapore
United Kingdom
China
Korea

Australia
Switzerland
Japan
HongKong
Other
0.32%
1.77%
0.38%
0.36%
0.36%
0.35%
0.28%
0.21%
0.20%
0.19%
0.14%
2.20%
Table 8: “.vn” domains breakdown by geographical area
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Provinces
.info.vn
.pro.vn
.biz.vn
.ac.vn
.health.vn
.int.vn
0.28%
0.26%
0.16%

0.16%
0.05%
0.03%
0.01%
Total registrationsExtensionTotal registrationsExtension
51.09%
37.89%
5.13%
2.27%
1.14%
0.98%
0.56%
.vn
.com.vn
.edu.vn
.net.vn
.name.vn
.org.vn
.gov.vn
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South
Middle

47.52%
46.47%
6.01%
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Figure 17: “.vn” domains breakdown by domestic region
PercentageProvinces
0.20%
0.07%
0.39%
0.21%
0.74%
0.05%
0.31%
0.11%
0.01%
0.42%
0.04%
0.13%
40.46%
0.55%
39.80%
0.21%
1.20%
0.43%
0.08%
0.28%
0.08%
Lang Sơn
Nghe An
Ninh Binh

Nam Dinh
Ninh Thuan
Phu Tho
Phu Yen
Quang Binh
Quang Ninh
Quang Ngai
Quang Nam
Quang Tri
Son La
Soc Trang
Thai Binh
Tien Giang
Thanh Hoa
Tay Ninh
Tra Vinh
Vinh Long
Vinh Phuc
0.08%
0.63%
0.22%
0.53%
0.09%
0.22%
0.10%
0.21%
0.58%
0.18%
0.47%
0.12%

0.06%
0.10%
0.43%
0.25%
0.56%
0.17%
0.15%
0.10%
0.34%
Table 9: Total registrations of “.vn” domain name by province
Regarding the registrants of “.vn” domain name, there was a fall in the share of organizational
registrants (58.29% of 2014 in comparison with 60,3% of 2013 and 63,15% of 2012), and a rise in the
share of individual registrants (41.71% of 2014 in comparison with 39,7% of 2013 and 36,85% of
2012).
3.3 Domains breakdown by registrant
Figure 18: “.vn” domains breakdown by registrant in 2012, 2013 and 2014
3.4 Domains breakdown by business sector
According to the business sector of registrants, the majority of “.vn” domain names were registered by
commercial entities such as companies, corporations, groups (47.94%). The nancial sector
accounted for 0.59%. Educational institutions and schools made up 3.07%. Government authorities
accounted for 1.66%.
Sector Commercial Educational Financial State authority Others
Percentage 47.94% 3.07% 0.59% 1.66% 46.73%
Figure 19: “.vn” domains breakdown by business sector
Year 2012 Year 2013 Year 2014
Organization
63.15%
Individual
36.85%
Organization

60.30%
Individual
39.70%
Organization
58.29%
Individual
41.71%
Commercial
47.94%
Others
46.73%
Financial 0.59%
State authority 1.66%
Educational 3.07%
Table 10: “.vn” domains breakdown by business sector
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Provinces Provinces
An Giang
Binh Duong
Binh Dinh
Bac Giang
Bac Kan
Bac Lieu
Bac Ninh
Binh Phuoc
Ba Ria - Vung Tau
Ben Tre
Binh Thuan
Cao Bang
Ca Mau

Can Tho
Dak Nong
Dien Bien
Dak Lak
Danang
Dong Nai
Dong Thap
Gia Lai
0.20%
1.31%
0.38%
0.31%
0.02%
0.05%
0.49%
0.18%
0.72%
0.23%
0.25%
0.03%
0.09%
0.68%
0.04%
0.06%
0.37%
1.68%
1.24%
0.18%
0.15%
Ha Giang

Hoa Binh
Hochiminh City
Hai Duong
Hanoi
Ha Nam
Hai Phong
Thai Nguyen
Tuyen Quang
Thua Thien Hue
Yen Bai
Ha Tinh
Hau Giang
Hung Yen
Kien Giang
Khanh Hoa
Kon Tum
Long An
Lao Cai
Lai Chau
Lam Dong
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Regarding the aspect of using domain names in e-commerce, the results of a survey made by
Vietnam E-Commerce Association (VECOM) showed that about 70% of the enterprises in Vietnam

used “.vn” domain for their business and promotion, 27% used “.com”.
3.4.1 “.vn” registration in commercial sector
Firgure 20: Usage ratio of “.vn” domains in business activities in Vietnam
(Source: VECOM, Nov 2014)
“.vn” ccTLD “.com”
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
70%
27%
The survey also presented that the percentages of enterprises using “.vn” websites among the
business categories were rather high, especially in the categories of nance, estate, mining, power,
entertainment and IT & telecommunications.
Figure 21: Usage of “.vn” among commercial sectors, by business category
(Source: VECOM, Nov 2014)
0
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%

90%
100%
Industry
Agriculture
, for
estry
, shery
Helth, education,training
F
inance
, estate
Po
wer, mining
T
ransportation
Enter
tainment
IT&T
elecom
Construction
Sale
Tourism
Others
67%
62%
70%
89%
82%
66%
77%

76%
73%
71%
69%
76%
By Oct 2014, the number of “.vn” domains registered by educational institutions accounting for 3.07%
of the total “.vn” registrations. 57.13% of the domains were the third level under “.edu.vn”, with about
77.87% having websites. “.Edu.vn” was one of the extension with highest level of having websites
among “.vn” domain names.
Among the categories of schools and educational institutions, the percentage of “.vn” registration
was as follows:
3.4.2 “.vn” registration in educational sector
Figure 22: Usage of “.vn” among educational sector, by category (Source: VECOM)
3.4.3 “.vn” registration in government authority sector
Within the government authority sector, “.gov.vn” accounted for 33.67%. By Oct 2014, there were
1630 “.gov.vn” domains registered in the system, with 1,335 domains with website. There were
“.gov.vn” registrations in almost all provinces and cities, among which Hanoi had the biggest number
with more than 35% of all registrations.
0.00%
2.00%
4.00%
6.00%
8.00%
10.00%
12.00%
14.00%
16.00%
18.00%
K
inder

gar
ten
Elementary school
P
rimary school
H
igh school
Universit
y
College
T
echnical secondary
school
V
ocational school
Educational authorities
3.50%
5.42%
5.53%
15.89%
12.51%
4.89%
3.77%
5.09%
4.20%
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Percentage
Provinces
3.5 Length of domain name
The average length of “.vn” domain name is 9.712 characters, shorter than the average length of .com
is 11.5, .net (10.24), .org (11.41) which were calculated based on the queries to the national DNS
maintained by VNNIC.
The number of domain names with average length of 4-10 characters dominates the “.vn” name
space (55.75% of the total 291,103 names). In the name space, there are 536 domains with all
numbers. The 10 longest domain names had 38-47 characters with proper meaning.
Table 11: Total registrations of “.gov.vn” by province
0.37%
0.92%
1.05%
1.11%
0.49%
0.31%
1.11%
1.97%
0.80%
0.80%
0.92%
0.86%
0.37%
0.92%
0.18%
0.99%
1.85%

1.85%
1.72%
0.62%
0.68%
An Giang
Binh Duong
Binh Dinh
Bac Giang
Bac Kan
Bac Lieu
Bac Ninh
Binh Phuoc
Ba Ria - Vung Tau
Ben Tre
Binh Thuan
Cao Bang
Ca Mau
Can Tho
Dak Nong
Dien Bien
Dak Lak
Danang
Dong Nai
Dong Thap
Gia Lai
Ha Giang
Hoa Binh
Hochiminh City
Hai Duong
Hanoi

Ha Nam
Hai Phong
Thai Nguyen
Tuyen Quang
Thua Thien Hue
Ha Tinh
Hau Giang
Hung Yen
Kien Giang
Khanh Hoa
Kon Tum
Long An
Lao Cai
Lai Chau
Lam Dong
Lang Sơn
0.68%
0.68%
5.30%
0.80%
35.71%
0.86%
2.34%
1.29%
0.86%
0.74%
2.34%
0.31%
0.80%
1.17%

1.35%
0.55%
0.37%
0.43%
0.55%
1.11%
0.37%
2.03%
0.92%
0.62%
0.37%
0.99%
0.99%
1.17%
1.35%
1.11%
3.82%
1.48%
0.62%
0.18%
0.43%
0.49%
2.40%
0.25%
0.31%
0.31%
0.99%
0.68%
Figure 23: Domain name length of “.vn”
5,000

10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47
Number of
characters
Number of
registrations
1-3
4-10
>10
4.75%
55.75%
39.50%
Figure 24: “.vn” domain name breakdown by length
Domain Name
congtycophantapdoandautuquoctetrungdungvietnam.vn
grassavoyewillisvietnam-insuredlistmanagement.vn
inhopbanhkeo-hopcafe-hopyen-catalogue-baothu.vn
creche-ecoles-college-francaise-europeenne.com.vn
nganhangthuongmaicophanvietnamthuongtin.com.vn
nganhangthuongmaicophanvietnamthuongtin.vn
thcsnguyenbinhkhiem-trieuphong-quangtri.edu.vn
crowneplazawesthanoihotelandresidences.com.vn
crowneplazawesthanoihotelandresidences.vn
crowneplazawesthanoihotelandapartment.com.vn
No.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Table 13: 10 longest “.vn” domain names
1-3 characters
>10 characters
4-10 characters
Table 12: Domain name length of “.vn”
4. “.VN” DOMAIN NAME USAGE
According to the ranking of the 1 million most popular websites based on the traffic data published
on website , there were 2,320 sites with “.vn” domain names.
Table 14: ccTLDs in Asia with sites in top 1 million most popular websites
(Source: />No.
ccTLD
Sites in top 1
million
.JP
.CN
.IN
.IR
.COM.CN
18,767
14,973

11,809
6,594
6,442
1
2
3
4
5
ccTLD
.CO.JP
.TW
.TR
.VN
.KR
5,923
3,219
2,357
2,320
1,842
6
7
8
9
10
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Provinces Provinces
Number of domain names
No.
Sites in top 1
million

Percentage Percentage
Nghe An
Ninh Binh
Nam Dinh
Ninh Thuan
Phu Tho
Phu Yen
Quang Binh
Quang Ninh
Quang Ngai
Quang Nam
Quang Tri
Son La
Soc Trang
Thai Binh
Tien Giang
Thanh Hoa
Tay Ninh
Tra Vinh
Vinh Long
Vinh Phuc
Yen Bai
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Of all 291,103 “.vn” domains, 70.9% had active websites, among which 82.95% domain names use

Web Hosting server with domestic IP addresses and 17.05% using Web Hosting server with oversea
IP addresses.
4.1 Service usage of “.vn” domain name
4.1.1 Web Hosting
Domainname
without website
Domain name
with website
Web Hosting
with overseas IP
Web Hosting
with domestic IP
Figure 25: “.vn” domains with active website
Domain name with website
Domain name without website
70,90%
29,10%
Web hosting
with domestic IP
Web hosting
with oversea IP
82,95%
17,05%
Table 15: “.vn” domains with active website
As for domain extension, second level “.vn” domain và third level domain under “.com.vn” had the
highest number of websites. But, those two extensions were not the ones with highest percentage of
having active websites. The extension with the highest percentage of having websites was “.gov.vn”
with 81.9%.
Extension Percentage
50.229%

37.254%
6.310%
2.117%
1.391%
1.061%
0.724%
.vn
.com.vn
.edu.vn
.net.vn
.name.vn
.org.vn
.gov.vn
Table 16: Percentage of all active websites, by domain extension
0.324%
0.231%
0.147%
0.126%
0.057%
0.023%
0.005%
Provinces
.info.vn
.pro.vn
.biz.vn
.ac.vn
.health.vn
.int.vn
.com.vn
.vn

.edu.vn
.name.vn
other
org.vn
.net.vn
gov.vn
Provinces
info.vn
biz.vn
ac.vn
health.vn
int.vn
Figure 26: Percentage of all active websites, by domain extension
Extension
Percentage of having
website
62.24%
62.23%
77.87%
59.09%
77.16%
68.67%
81.90%
.vn
.com.vn
.edu.vn
.net.vn
.name.vn
.org.vn
.gov.vn

Figure 27: Percentage of having active websites, by extension
Regarding IP address of those websites, 24.51% belonged to IP blocks allocated to VNPT, followed by
FPT (19.79%), P.A Vietnam (13.87% ) and ODS (9.76%).
Provinces
.info.vn
.pro.vn
.biz.vn
.ac.vn
.health.vn
.int.vn
73.52%
57.03%
56.96%
51.21%
70.00%
47.73%
37.50%
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
.vn
.com.vn
.edu.vn
.net.vn

.name.vn
.org
.vn
.go
v
.vn
P
r
ovinces
.inf
o.vn
.pro
.vn
.biz.vn
.ac.vn
.health.vn
.int.vn
90.00%
Table 17: Percentage of having active websites, by extension
Extension
Percentage of having
website
Percentage Extension
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Netname Percentage
VNPT-VN
FPT-VN
PAVIETNAM-VN
ODS-VN
VTDC-VN
NHANHOA-VN
VIETEL-VN
QTSC-VN
CMCTELECOM-VN
SUPERDATA-VN
24.51%
19.79%
13.87%
9.76%
5.43%
3.92%
2.85%
2.70%
1.86%
1.82%
GDS-VN
NETNAM-VN
GMO RUNSYSTEM-VN
NEWLIFE-VN
VDATA-VN
VHOST-VN
CMCTI-VN
SPT-VN

HANELCOM-VN
Others
1.29%
1.17%
0.88%
0.81%
0.80%
0.69%
0.62%
0.59%
0.57%
6.07%
4.1.2 DNS Hosting
Of all 291,103 “.vn” domains, 90.25% domain names use DNS hosting server with domestic IP
addresses, 9.75% using DNS hosting server with oversea IP addresses. 0.23% of all “.vn” domain
names used owners' own servers (DNS server with name is subdomain of superordinate domain)
(83.88% with domestic IP addresses and 16.12% with overseas domestic IP)
Figure 28: DNS hosting of “.vn” domain name
DNS Hosting
with domestic IP
90.25%
DNS Hosting
with overseas IP, 9.75%
owner's own DNS
servers with overseas
IP, 16.12%
Owner's own
DNS serves with
domestic IP
83.88%

Table 18: VNNIC IP members with most “.vn” Web Hosting market share
Of all “.vn” domains, 74,01% domains had DNS hosting at the servers of “.vn” registrars. PA Vietnam,
Mat Bao và FPT had the biggest shares of DNS hosting service.
Table 19: DNS Hosting service by “.vn” registrar
Table 20: Top 50 “.vn” domain names most queried in 2014
5. TOP 50 “.VN” DOMAIN NAMES MOST QUERIED IN 2014
Percentage
27.20%
20.93%
17.80%
8.11%
7.88%
4.62%
3.89%
3.66%
1.94%
1.93%
1.03%
1.00%
“.vn” registrar
Ranking Domain
megafun.vn
hotmail.vn
vcmedia.vn
hoaphuongdo.vn
zing.vn
zdn.vn
clevernet.vn
soha.vn
seedceo.vn

admicro.vn
vdata.vn
sendo.vn
vdc.vn
saigonnet.vn
vtc.vn
gfm.vn
hdzone.vn
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
kenh14.vn
eclick.vn
viettel.vn
e-info.vn
vui.vn

afamily.vn
cmcti.vn
vtcmobile.vn
chotot.vn
sohatv.vn
corom.vn
ssgroup.vn
thietkewebsitegiarenhat.vn
uscom.vn
adnetwork.vn
phonereview.vn
myad.vn
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
muachung.vn

mhbs.vn
vccorp.vn
vtcgame.vn
vnn.vn
meme.vn
cafef.vn
suckhoedoisong.vn
vtv.vn
pub.vn
gamek.vn
360game.vn
digipower.vn
iss.edu.vn
kiemhiep.com.vn
thienkim.vn
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49

50
PAVIETNAM
Mat Bao
FPT
Nhan Hoa
VDC
GMO RUNSYSTEM
ESC
iNET
GLTEC
NETNAM
HI-TEK
SPT
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6. “.VN” ACCREDITED REGISTRAR SYSTEM
By Oct 2014, there are 17 “.vn” accredited registrars (06 oversea registrars).
Table 21: Market share by registrar
6.1 Market share of registrars
Figure 29: Market share by registrar
PA Vietnam
FPT

Mat Bao
VDC
Hi-tek
ESC
Nhan Hoa
GMO RUNSYSTEM
iNET
GLTEC
NetNam
SPT
Qinetics
EuroDNS
Instra
IP Mirror
InterNetX
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PA Vietnam
FPT
Mat Bao
VDC
Hi-tek
ESC
Nhan Hoa
GMO RUNSYSTEM
iNET
GLTEC
NetNam
SPT
Qinetics
EuroDNS

Instra
IP Mirror
InterNetX
Registrar
25.79%
20.24%
19.83%
7.47%
4.02%
3.99%
3.89%
3.87%
3.63%
2.28%
1.81%
1.00%
0.75%
0.54%
0.52%
0.20%
0.19%

Percentage
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6.2 Market share of registrars in the northern region
NetNam
Hi-tek
SPT
Instra
IP Mirror
Qinetics
EuroDNS
InterNetX
FPT
PA Vietnam
Mat Bao
VDC
Nhan Hoa
GMO RUNSYSTEM
iNET
GLTEC
ESC
Figure 30: Market share in the northern region, by registrar
Table 22: Market share in the northern region, by registrar Table 23: Market share in the middle region, by registrar
6.3 Market share of registrars in the middle region
GLTEC
SPT
Hi-tek
EuroDNS
IP Mirror
InterNetX
Qinetics
Instra
VDC

PA Vietnam
FPT
Mat Bao
GMO RUNSYSTEM
ESC
iNET
Nhan Hoa
NetNam
Figure 31: Market share in the middle region, by registrar
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Registrar PercentageRegistrar Percentage
25.08%
21.14%
16.44%
8.32%
6.69%
4.85%
4.80%
4.52%
3.47%
2.18%
1.49%
0.98%
0.02%
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
FPT
PA Vietnam

Mat Bao
VDC
Nhan Hoa
GMO RUNSYSTEM
iNET
GLTEC
ESC
NetNam
Hi-tek
SPT
Instra
IP Mirror
Qinetics
EuroDNS
InterNetX
VDC
PA Vietnam
FPT
Mat Bao
GMO RUNSYSTEM
ESC
iNET
Nhan Hoa
NetNam
GLTEC
SPT
Hi-tek
EuroDNS
IP Mirror
InterNetX

Qinetics
Instra
23.96%
23.26%
17.86%
16.87%
5.46%
4.38%
2.55%
1.97%
1.10%
0.94%
0.89%
0.63%
0.10%
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
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6.4 Market share of registrars in the southern region
SPT
GLTEC
Hi-tek

Instra
Qinetics
IP Mirror
EuroDNS
InterNetX
PA Vietnam
Mat Bao
FPT
VDC
ESC
iNET
Nhan Hoa
GMO RUNSYSTEM
NetNam
Figure 32: Market share in the southern region, by registrar
Table 24: Market share in the southern region, by registrar
PA Vietnam
Mat Bao
FPT
VDC
ESC
iNET
Nhan Hoa
GMO RUNSYSTEM
NetNam
SPT
GLTEC
Hi-tek
Instra
Qinetics

IP Mirror
EuroDNS
InterNetX
34.03%
26.18%
18.27%
5.37%
4.74%
3.14%
2.11%
2.10%
1.73%
1.16%
0.58%
0.56%
0.01%
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
Registrar Percentage
REGISTRATIONS:
GROWTH RATE:
RANKING:
1,015,701
6,73%
1st world
VIETNAMESE
INTERNATIONALIZED
DOMAIN NAME (IDN.VN)

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