VIETNAM INTERNET NETWORK INFORMATION

CENTER (VNNIC)

REPORT ON
VIETNAM INTERNET
RESOURCES 2012

November-2012
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CONTENTS
15 YEARS OF INTERNET IN VIETNAM ........................................................................................ 3
VIETNAM INTERNET RESOURCES ............................................................................................... 5
ccTLD „.vn‟ ...................................................................................................................................... 5
IPv4 address ..................................................................................................................................... 6
IPv6 address ..................................................................................................................................... 7
Autonomous System Number (ASN) ............................................................................................... 7
VIETNAM COUNTRY CODE TOP LEVEL DOMAIN NAME (ccTLD) „.VN‟ ............................. 8
Growth of ccTLD „.vn‟ . .................................................................................................................. 8
Advantages of ccTLD „.vn‟ . .......................................................................................................... 10
ccTLD „.vn‟ life cycle .................................................................................................................... 10
Domain name length in „.vn‟.......................................................................................................... 12
Loyalty and age of domain names.................................................................................................. 12
ccTLD „.vn‟ on oversea markets .................................................................................................... 14
Registry - Registrar model of „.vn‟ ................................................................................................ 15
THE INTERNATIONALIZED DOMAIN NAME OF VIETNAM (Vietnamese IDN) ................... 16
Vietnamese IDN growth rate .......................................................................................................... 18
Promotion Vietnamese IDN on the Internet ................................................................................. 19
Top 10 Vietnamese IDNs most queried (October, 2012)............................................................... 20
Top 10 ascii .vn domain names most queried (October, 2012) ...................................................... 21
Top 10 gTLD domain names most queried via VNNIC‟s DNS (October, 2012) ......................... 21
„.VN‟ DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM ( DNS ) ...................................................................................... 22
Allocation map of „.vn‟ DNS: ........................................................................................................ 22
DNS Query statistics ...................................................................................................................... 23
INTERNET ADDRESS (IP) AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM NUMBER (ASN) ........................ 27
IPv4 Address in Viet Nam ............................................................................................................. 27
Rank of country (economy) for the number of IPv4 addresses in the Asia .................................. 28
VNNIC‟s members ......................................................................................................................... 29
IPv4 address exhaustion ................................................................................................................. 30
Autonomous System Number (ASN) ............................................................................................. 30
IPv6 Address .................................................................................................................................. 31
IPv6 Promotion in Vietnam............................................................................................................ 31
Vietnam National IPv6 Action Plan ............................................................................................... 32
IPv6 Address in Vietnam ............................................................................................................... 33
National IPv6 Network................................................................................................................... 33
VIETNAM INTERNET NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER (VNNIC) .................................. 34

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15 YEARS OF INTERNET IN VIETNAM

On November 19th, 1997, Vietnam officially connected to the Internet, marking the start of an
impressive development period of the Internet in Vietnam. As of the end of the 3rd quarter of 2012,
the number of Vietnam‟s internet users reached 31,196,878, accounting for 35.49% of the
population. In terms of internet population, Vietnam ranks 18th in the world‟s top 20 countries, 8th
place in Asia and 3rd place in ASEAN. The number of Vietnam‟s internet users has increased more
than 15 times compared with that of 20001.

35,000,000
30,552,417 31,200,000

30,000,000
26,784,035

25,000,000 22,779,887
20,834,401
Internet users

20,000,000 17,718,112
14,683,783
15,000,000
10,710,980

10,000,000
6,345,049

3,098,007
5,000,000

0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Oct-12

Figure 1. Number of Vietnam’s internet users

4,500,000
4,099,492
4,000,000 3,648,207

3,500,000 3,042,738
Broadband subscribers

3,000,000

2,500,000 2,095,666
2,048,953
2,000,000

1,500,000 1,294,111

1,000,000
516,569
500,000 210,024
9,180 52,705
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Oct-12
Figure 2. Number of Vietnam’s broadband internet subscribers

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350,000
306,176
300,000

250,000
Broadband (MBps)

200,000

150,000 132,202

100,000 96,320

50,064 53,659
50,000
7,076 12,580
1,036 1,892 3,615
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Sep-12

Figure 3. Total International connection bandwidth of Vietnam

The booming of the Internet in Vietnam is the result of the development in many areas including
Internet resources (domain name, IP address, ASN) which are core factors to foster Internet
development.

Domain .vn Internet users

Figure 4. Internet users vs. ccTLD ‘.vn’

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VIETNAM INTERNET RESOURCES

During the past 15 years, along with the development of the Internet in Vietnam, internet resources
have grown considerably.

ccTLD ‘.vn’
 As of October 2012, the number of „.vn‟ domain names reached 225,970. That is to say,
„.vn‟ domain names have grown at an average annual rate of 172 %.
 In terms of the number of registrations, „.vn‟ is the largest ccTLD in ASEAN.
250,000
225,970

200,000 180,332
Domain names

150,000 127,364

99,185
100,000
75,715
55,872
50,000 34,924
14,345
9,037
543 1,198 2,176 5,478
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Oct-12

Figure 5. Total number of ‘.vn’ domain names

1400000 1,307,023

1200000 1,098,555

1000000

800000

600000
400,000
400000
178,372 205,447 225,970

200000 93,940
143,725
63,625
2400 27714

0
.mm .la .th .id .sg .hk .my .vn .asia .kr .jp

Figure 6. The largest country-code top level domains in ASEAN

(Source: www.all.in.th; www.sgnic.sg; www.hkdnr.hk; www.asiaregistry.com; www.mynic.net; www.statdom.ru)

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IPv4 address
Over the past few years, the number of allocated IPv4 addresses in Vietnam has significantly grown.
By October 2012, Vietnam witnessed an impressive number of IPv4 addresses, reaching 15,549,184
from the number of 16,896 in 2000.
Vietnam ranks 25th in the world, 8th in Asia and 2nd in ASEAN for the number of IPv4 addresses.

Oct-2012

Figure 7. IPv4 address growth

Ranked 2nd in ASEAN for the number of IPv4 addresses

17.399
18.000 15.549
16.000
14.000
IPv4 address (x1000)

12.000
10.000 8.560

8.000 6.338 6.069 5.383

6.000
4.000
2.000 0.231 0.194 0.056 0.026 0.004
0.000

Figure 8. Number of IPv4 addresses in ASEAN countries (Source: www.bgpexpert.com)

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Ranked 8th in Asia for the number of IPv4 addresses:

350 329.978

300
IPv4 addresses, thousands

250
201.953
200

150
112.251
100
35.391
50 15.549
0

Figure 9. Ranked 8th in Asia for the number of IPv4 addresses

(Source: www.bgpexpert.com)

IPv6 address
 IPv4 is exhausted. Transition to IPv6 is inevitable.
 The first IPv6 block was allocated to Vietnam in 2004.
 As of October 2012, there were totally 32 IPv6 blocks allocated to Vietnam.

588,416

600,000
515,399

500,000
IPv6 address, millions

400,000
279,174
300,000
206,159 193,274

200,000
90,195

100,000 64,426
21,475 17,180 8,590 4,295
0

Figure 10. The number of IPv6 addresses in ASEAN

(Source: www.bgpexpert.com)

Autonomous System Number (ASN)

 As of October 2012, there were 138 ASNs which were assigned by VNNIC to Vietnamese
organizations and companies.

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VIETNAM COUNTRY CODE TOP LEVEL DOMAIN NAME

(ccTLD) ‘.vn’
 On November 19th, 1997, Vietnam was officially connected to the Internet.
 On December 1st, 1997, the first „.vn‟ domain name “VISTA.GOV.VN” was registered.
 „.vn‟ domain names have grown at an average annual rate of 172 % and have become the
largest ccTLD in ASEAN.

Jan 13th, 2010 October 2012

May 9th, 2012
April 28th,
2000 The 100,000th ‘.vn’
The number of ‘.vn’ The number of
Vietnam Internet domain name was ‘.vn’ domain
domain names
Network registered. '.vn' names reached
reached 200,000;
Information became the second 225,970
'.vn' became the
Center (VNNIC) largest ccTLD in
largest ccTLD in
was established. ASEAN after
ASEAN
Singapore

Figure 11. Milestones of ccTLD ‘.VN’

Growth of ‘.vn’ ccTLD

Management policies have been being improved continuously, creating a number of strong
momenta for the development of „.vn‟ domain names:
 In 2003, the first „.vn‟ registrar (Hi-tek Co.) was accredited by VNNIC. The number of new
registered domain names reached 3302 in 2003, increasing by 337% compared with that of
the previous year.
 On August 15th, 2006, „.vn‟ second level domain name were opened for public registration.
The number of new registrations was 12,163 in 2006, doubling the total number of „.vn‟
domain names in the previous period.
 On January 10th, 2011, the Circular No. 189/2010/TT-BTC Ministry of Finance on „.vn‟
domain name registration and renewal fee came into effect, according to which, the fee
decreased by an average of 30%. The number of new registrations was 80,246 in 2011,
increasing nearly double against that of the previous year.

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120,000 450%
New ".vn" Domain name resgistrations
103,249 400%
Year over year growth (%) 387%
100,000
350%
337%
80,246 81,307
80,000 300%

250%
217%
60,000 198%
200%
47,302 169%
149% 40,576
40,000 125% 150%
32,388
149% 129%
25,680
126% 100%
20,579 124% 116%
20,000 107% 101%
50%
5,308
3,302 3,559
330 655 978
0 0%

Figure 12. Number of new registrations year by year

250,000
225,970

200,000 180,332
Domain names

150,000
127,364

99,185
100,000
75,715
55,872

50,000 34,924
14,345
9,037
543 1,198 2,176 5,478
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Oct-12

Figure 13. Number of renewals ‘.vn’ domain name year by year

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Advantages of ccTLD ‘.vn’

 Being protected by Vietnamese laws, registrants are fully guaranteed on their rights of using
the registered domains.
 Being served by a reliable and safe nationwide and worldwide „.vn‟ Domain Name System
(DNS ) , „.vn‟ domain names always have faster responses, even in the case of international
connections breakages.

ccTLD ‘.vn’ life cycle:

EXPIRED
Registered Day 4th - Day 20th Withdraw
Available (renewal period: 1- after expiring: Available
50 years) Suspended status

Time for renewal: 20 days

Figure 14. ccTLD ‘.vn’ domain name life cycle

Registered ‘.vn’ domain name breakdown by category:

Figure 15. Registered ‘.vn’ domain name breakdown by category

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Registered domain name breakdown by registrant:

Figure 16. Registered domain name breakdown by registrant

Registered domain name breakdown by geographical areas:

Figure 17. Registered domain name breakdown by geographical areas

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Domain name length in ‘.vn’:

Figure 18. Domain name length in ‘ .vn’

The average domain name length in „.vn‟ is 7 characters, while an average length of .com is 13.3,
.uk is 13.84, .fr is 12.7, .ru is 9.3 … . „.vn‟ is considerably shorter than many popular gTLDs and
ccTLDs.

Domain name length and renewal rate

Domain name length Renewal Ratio
1, 2 characters (third level domain) 100%
3 characters >50%
4 characters 30%
>10 characters <10%

Loyalty and age of domain names

 In 1997, the first „.vn‟ domain name was registered and maintained from then on.
 The longest time of maintenance of an „.vn‟ domain name in the system is 16 years.
The age of domain names:

Figure 19. Age of .vn domain names

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Domain names with more than 2 year maintenance have high stability and low withdrawal ratio.

Length of registration

Figure 20. Length of registration in year

Some particular „.vn‟ domain names have registration length of 61 years.

Domain name renewal breakdown by year of registration:

Figure 21. Domain name renewal breakdown by year of registration

The figure shows that domain names which were registered before 2009 (duration >3 years) have
stability on the system.
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ccTLD ‘.vn’ on oversea markets

 In 1999, the first time a „.vn‟ domain name was delegated to a foreign registrant.
 As of October 2012, the number of „.vn‟ domain name registered by foreign registrants
reached 14,786, accounting for 9% in the total of the „.vn‟ market.

Figure 22. Number of ‘.vn’ domain names registered from outside of Vietnam

‘.vn’ domain name distribution in the oversea markets:

Figure 23. Top 10 countries with highest number of ‘.vn’ domain names

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Registry - Registrar model of ‘.vn’

 The current management structure of „.vn‟ is based on registry – registrar model.
 As of December 2012, there were 17 „.vn‟ accredited registrars including 12 domestic
registrars and 05 oversea registrars. INET and GMO RunSystem are the two newest
registrars accredited in 2012.

Figure 24. ‘.vn’ accredited registrars ( sorted by market share)

Market share of the domestic registrars:

Figure 25. Domestic registrar market share, 10/2012

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THE INTERNATIONALIZED DOMAIN NAME OF

VIETNAM
 The Vietnamese internationalized domain names (IDN) are second level IDN under „.vn‟.
 Public trial registration from 2004 to 2006.
 Officially launched from March 2007 (limited for ascii code „.vn‟ domain name holders).
 Free-of-charge and unlimited registration started from April 28th 2011, the beginning of an
booming registration period.
o On the first day (April 28th 2011), approximately 14,000 Vietnam‟s IDNs were
registered.
o During the next several days: an average of 1000 new domain names registered per
hour.
o During the first week: 113,129 registrations.
o The first four months: 360, 357 registrations.
o As of October 2012, the number of Vietnamese IDNs reached 836,173 which was 4
times higher than the amount of ccTLD „.vn‟ developed during the previous 15 years.

From 2012
From 28th Promote the
April 2011 usage of
Vietnamese IDN
03/2007- Free in the Internet.
12/2010 registration
Official
Year 2004 - registration
Year 2006 (limited for
Trial public '.vn' ascii code
registration domain name
holders).
Year 2001
Started working
on Vietnamese
IDN

Figure 26. Milestones of Vietnamese IDN

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Vietnamese IDN growth rate:

Vietnamese domain maintained growth rate

Figure 27. Vietnamese IDN growth rate

 After a booming registration period from April 2011, the volume of Vietnamese IDNs
registrations remained at a high level during the following year (2012), now approaching its
stable status.
 In the future, the usage of Vietnamese IDN will be promoted broadly to the public.

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Vietnamese IDN breakdown by registrant:

Figure 28. Vietnamese IDN breakdown by registrant

Vietnamese IDN breakdown by geographical areas:

Figure 29. Vietnamese IDN breakdown by geographical areas

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Length of Vietnamese IDN:

Figure 30. Length of Vietnam’s IDN

 An average length of Vietnamese IDN is 14 characters.

 Vietnamese native language would help registrants to easily describe their full brands and
trademark names in domains without worrying about wrong transliteration.

http://tênmiềntiếngviệt.vn, http://nhàxinh123.vn, http://inấnqml.vn, http://đăngtinnhàđấthànội.vn,

http://thảmđệmcũ.vn, http://hùngloaviệtnam.vn, http://tưduycùngviệtnam.vn .

Promotion Vietnamese IDN on the Internet

As of October 2012, the usage ratio of Vietnamese IDNs was over 10% with a stable growth rate.
Services for Vietnamese IDNs:
 Web Redirect (launched from June 6th 2011).
 Web Template (launched from June 6th 2012).
 DNS hosting (launched from October 25th 2012).

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Vietnamese IDN with active services:

Figure 31. Vietnamese IDN with active services

Service usage breakdown by type of service:

Figure 32. Service usage breakdown by type of service

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Top 10 Vietnamese IDNs most queried (October, 2012)

Order Vietnamese domain name Number of query
1 Truyện-tranh.vn 31,758,286
2 Buồn84.vn 11,141,960
3 Diễnđànvệtinh.vn 10,153,239
4 DVBViệtNam.vn 10,075,245
5 chimsẻ.vn 9,472,957
6 hướngdẫnlàmwebsite.vn 8,694,166
7 kênhkh.vn 7,380,894
8 quốcviệt.vn 5,652,024
9 kẽnh.vn 4,791,957
10 Raovặtdvb.vn 4,621,108

Top 10 ascii ‘.vn’ domain names most queried (October, 2012)

Order Domain name Number of query
1 bkav.com.vn 2,646,227,963
2 vtcebank.vn 1,300,020,204
3 vnnic.vn 1,280,578,602
4 go.vn 1,160,506,533
5 zing.vn 353,945,066
6 google.com.vn 279,281,881
7 tvnet.vn 228,915,052
8 top1.vn 216,378,512
9 yahoo.com.vn 122,661,270
10 tvsi.com.vn 80,970,959

Top 10 gTLD domain names most queried via VNNIC’s DNS (October,
2012)
Order Domain name Number of query
1 google.com 1,437,576,658
2 yahoo.com 1,381,112,628
3 facebook.com 1,051,862,395
4 kaspersky.com 1,004,120,461
5 apple.com 823,205,412
6 ripe.net 282,605,424
7 ptvcdn.net 184,801,915
8 twitter.com 167,441,670
9 youtube.com 159,423,258
10 verisign.net 138,197,285

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‘.VN’ DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM ( DNS )

 DNS is the critical infrastructure of the Internet. During 12 years of operation, the „.vn‟ DNS
has always been in the highest stable and secure status. There are 07 clusters including 05
domestic and 02 overseas ones with more than 40 nodes all over the world.
 Supporting anycast and dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 technologies.
 Furthermore, 02 DNS recursive caching systems help domestic internet users to enhance the
quality of „.vn‟ and gTLD domain name queries.

Allocation map of ‘.vn’ DNS:

Figure 33. Domestic allocation Map of ‘.vn’ DNS

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Figure 34. Global allocation map of ‘.vn’ DNS

DNS Query statistics

Number of ccTLD ‘.vn’ queries (by the end of 2011):

Figure 35. Number of ccTLD ‘.vn’ queries (by the end of 2011)

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Number of ccTLD ‘.vn’ queries in 2012:

Figure 36. Number of ccTLD ‘.vn’ queries in 2012

Number of ccTLD ‘.vn’ queries breakdown by category:

provinces

Figure 37. Number of ccTLD ‘.vn’ queries breakdown by category (October, 2012)

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Number of ccTLD ‘.vn’ queries vs gTLD:

Figure 38. Number of ccTLD ‘.vn’ queries vs gTLD

Number of DNS queries breakdown by TLD:

other- –73,55%
other 73,55%

Figure 39. Number of DNS queries breakdown by TLD (October, 2012)

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Number of DNS queries breakdown by record type ‘.vn’

Figure 40. Number of DNS queries breakdown by record type ‘.vn’

The figure shows that the number of IPv6 AAAA record is remarkable (13.9%).

Queries distribution among clusters of ‘.vn’ DNS:

Figure 41. Queries distribution among clusters of ‘.vn’ DNS

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INTERNET ADDRESS (IP) AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM

NUMBER (ASN)
 In 2000, the number of IPv4 addresses in Vietnam were 16,896.
 In March 2003, VNNIC was recognized by APNIC as the National Internet Registry (NIR)
of Vietnam.
 Number of IPv4 addresses in Vietnam grew significantly until the IPv4 exhaustion on April
15th 2011.
 Number of IPv4 addresses in Vietnam reached 1 million in 2007, 10 million in 2010 and
15,549,184 by October 2012.
Vietnam ranks 25th in the world, 8th in Asia and 2nd in ASEAN for the number of IPv4 addresses,
effectively assisting the stable development of the Internet in Vietnam.

APNIC
APNIC
Allocate and Delegate
manage
VNNIC-NIR
VNPT Allocate
VIETTEL and manage
FPT ý
VNNIC VNPT FPT VIETTEL Members
CCCcc
Figure 42. IP Address Management Model in Vietnam before and after NIR accreditation
CC
IPv4 Address in Vietnam
Total IPv4 address IPv4 address allocation

Before

Figure 43. Number of newly allocated IPv4 per year and total IPv4 addresses over year

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Rank of country (economy) for the number of IPv4 addresses in the Asia (October,
2012 - source: www.bgpexpert.com)
Number of IPv4
STT Country/Economy
Addresses
1 China 329,978,368
2 Japan 201,952,512
3 Republic of Korea 112,251,392
4 Taiwan 35,391,232
5 India 34,806,016
6 Indonesia 17,399,296
7 Turkey 16,194,304
8 Vietnam 15,549,184
9 Hong Kong 11,809,280
10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9,563,136
11 ThaiLand 8,559,616
12 Israel 7,537,472
13 Malaysia 6,338,048
14 Saudi Arabia 6,327,040
15 Singapore 6,069,248
16 Philippines 5,382,912
17 Pakistan 5,187,328
18 United Arab Emirates 3,204,992
19 Kazakhstan 2,717,440
20 Kuwait 1,934,848

Rank of country (economy) for the number of IPv4 addresses in the ASEAN
(October, 2012 - source: www.bgpexpert.com)

Number of IPv4
STT Country/Economy
Address
1 Indonesia 17,399,296
2 Vietnam 15,549,184
3 Thailand 8,559,616
4 Malaysia 6,338,048
5 Singapore 6,069,248
6 Philippines 5,382,912
7 Cambodia 230,656
8 Brunei Darussalam 194,048
9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 55,808
10 Myanmar 25,600
11 Timor-Leste 4,096

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VNNIC’s members
140
125
120
100
Nunber IP menber of VNNIC

100
80
80
65

60
40
40 32
25
17
20 12
7

0
Before 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Oct-12
2004

Figure 44. Number of VNNIC’s member

Member category:

Doanh nghiệp VT Internet

ICT Enterprise Mạng ngânnetworks
Banking hàng Mạng công tycompanies
Securities chứng khoán
Mạng trườngnetworks
Education đại học Mạng các Bộ Ngành
Govermental entities Others
Khác

24%

39%

9%

2%

11%
15%

Figure 45. VNNIC’s Member category

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IPv4 address exhaustion

In February 2011, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) informed that its IPv4 pool was
exhausted. After that, on April 15th 2011, Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)
announced its IPv4 address pool reached the final /8, bringing the Asia Pacific region to the last
Stage of IPv4 exhaustion. The last /8 address policy came into effect which allowed each
organization in the region to receive only a maximum allocation of a /22 (1024 addresses) from the
final /8 to support IPv6 deployment.

3rd February 2011: IANA IPv4 exhaustion

Stage1 Stage 2 Stage 3

th
15 April 2011: APNIC IPv4
exhaustion

Figure 46. The stages of IPv4 address exhaustion

Autonomous System Number (ASN)

 In Vietnam, the first AS numbers appeared along with the establishment of major Internet
service providers, such as: VDC: 7643, Viettel: 7552, Saigon Postel: 7602.
 As of October 2012, VNNIC allocated 138 Autonomous system numbers of which there are
37 4-byte ASNs.

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IPV6 ADDRESS
 IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) is the next-generation of Internet to replace the current
IPv4 which faces the problem of exhaustion, in order to support the Internet development in
the future.
 The length of an IPv6 address is 128-bit. Thus, IPv6 address space expands to a huge
number that is 2128 (3.3*1038) in comparison with 232 (4.3*109) of IPv4.

Address Year Space Format

IPv4 1981 232 = 4.3*109 203.110.0.1
IPv6 1999 2128= 3.3* 1038 2001:2104:AC0D::/48

IPv6 Promotion in Vietnam

IPv6 promotion is one of highly prioritized policies of Vietnamese Government.

May 6th 2008 January 6th 2009 March 29th 2011

The Minister of The Vietnamese IPv6 Task The Minister of
Information and Force was established, Information and
Telecommunications headed by Deputy Minister Communications issued
issued Directive No. of Information and Vietnam National IPv6
03/2008/CT-BTTTT on Communications, VNNIC Action Plan.
IPv6 deployment and plays the role of Standing
promotion in Vietnam. Commitee.

Figure 47. Vietnam IPv6 promotion milestones

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Vietnam National IPv6 Action Plan

On March 29th, 2011, the Minister of Information and Communications promulgated the Vietnam
National IPv6 Action Plan which determined the objectives and specific roadmap for a transition to
IPv6 in Vietnam:

• Measuring the current situation and readiness status of local

ISP networks with IPv6.
• Forming the national IPv6 testing network and implementing
of IPv6 testing activities.
Stage 1: Preparation • Propagandizing and training of ICT human resources on
phase (2011 – 2012) IPv6.

• Transiting IPv4 networks in order to simultaneously support

IPv4 and IPv6.
• Forming national IPv6 network infrastructure.
Stage2: Implementation • Providing testing IPv6 services to end users.
phase (2013 - 2015)

• Complete IPv6 network and services; ensure the stable

operation of Internet in Vietnam with IPv6-based technology.
• Organizations, enterprises use and supply services based on
Stage 3: Accomplishment IPv6.
phase (2016 - 2019)

Figure 48. Three stages in the Vietnam National IPv6 Action Plan

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IPv6 address in Vietnam

The first IPv6 block was allocated to Vietnam in 2004. The number of IPv6 grew fast in 2008 after
MIC released the Directive No. 03/2008/CT-BTTTT on promoting the use of IPv6.

Number of IPv6 addresses allocated to Vietnam

70,000
64,426 64,426

60,000
51,541
IPv6 address, millions

50,000
42,951 42,951

40,000

30,000

20,000 17,180

8,590 8,590 8,590

10,000

0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Oct-12

Figure 49. Number of IPv6 addresses allocated to Vietnam

National IPv6 Network

International-IPv6-NET
Pacnet-JP, APNIC,
HE, NTT
le
nn
Tu

ISP-IPv6-NET ISP-IPv4-NET ISP-IPv6-NET

ISP-IPv6-NET ISP-IPv6-NET ISP-IPv6-NET

VNNIC-IPv6-HN VNNIC-IPv6-HCM

VNIX-IPv6-HN VNIX-IPv6-HCM

Promote-IPv6
Tunnel Broker VNIX-IPv6-DN
VNNIC-IPv6-DN

Figure 50. National IPv6 Network

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VIETNAM INTERNET NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER (VNNIC)

Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC), an organization belonging to the Ministry
of Information and Communications, was founded on 28th April 2000 to carry out the functions of
managing, allocating, supervising and promoting the use of Internet domain names, addresses (IP),
Autonomous System Numbers (ASN) in Vietnam (collectively called as “Internet resources”);
providing Internet-related guidance, statistics on the Internet; and participating in international
Internet activities.
Since its establishment, VNNIC has played an important role in the development of the Internet in
Vietnam, serving as the source of information and guidance for Vietnamese Internet users, as well
as promoting Vietnam‟s Internet development.
Remarkable milestones during the formation and development of VNNIC:
 April 28th 2000: Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) was established by
the Department General of Post and Telecommunications (DGPT), the forerunner of Ministry of
Information and Communications.
 October 2000: The functions of management and allocation of domain names, IP address and
ASN in Vietnam officially taken over.
 May 2001: Became a member of Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Name Association (APLTD).
 March 2003: Recognized by Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) as the National
Internet Registry in Vietnam.
 May 2003: Officially providing Vietnam Internet statistics.
 May 2003: Decision No. 92/2003/QD-BBCVT on management and use of Internet resources –
the first full legal document on Internet resource management which allowed individuals to
register „.vn‟ domain names, replacing the temporary regulation documents promulgated by
DGPT in November 1998 – submitted by VNNIC to the Minister of Post and
Telecommunications for approval.
 November 2003: Vietnam Network Internet Exchange (VNIX) was established to exchange
domestic Internet traffic, significantly improving the quality of Internet services in Vietnam.
 April 2004: Opening trial public registration for Vietnamese IDN.
 July 2005: Opening the representative office in Da Nang City.
 August 2005: The Decision No. 27/2005/QĐ-BBCVT on management and use of Internet
resources replacing Decision No. 92/2003/QD-BBCVT summited by VNNIC to the Minister of
Post and Telecommunications for approval.
 August 2006: Officially opening public registration for second level domain name under „.vn‟.
 May 2007: Fully applying “Registry-Registrar” model for „.vn‟ with the basic principle of “first
come, first served” in „.vn‟ registration.
 January 2008: VNNIC‟s new building located in Yen Hoa, Cau Giay District, Hanoi opened.
 March 2008: Establishing VNNIC‟s branch in Ho Chi Minh City.
 May 2008: Setting up the National IPv6 testing network.
 December 2008: 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‟, which completed the legal framework in the field of Vietnam
Internet resource management summited by VNNIC to the Minister of Information and
Communications for approval.
 December 2008: Deploying anycast and dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 technologies for „.vn‟ DNS.
 January 2009: The Vietnamese IPv6 Task Force was established, headed by Deputy Minister of
Information and Communications, VNNIC plays the role of Standing Committee.
 October 2009: VNNIC‟s building project in Da Nang, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city kicked off.
 January 2010: The number of „.vn‟ reached 100,000. Vietnam became the second largest
country in ASEAN in terms of using the ccTLD.
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 April 2011: Opening public and free-of-charge registration for Vietnamese IDN, starting the
booming period of Vietnamese IDN.
 May 2012: The number of „.vn‟ reached 200,000. Vietnam became the largest country in
ASEAN in terms of using ccTLD.

During the 12 years of development and growth, VNNIC has affirmed its role of Internet resource
management, contributing to the overall success of the Internet in Vietnam, deserving prizes and
honors awarded by State and Government. These achievements will be the stable foundation for
VNNIC to keep continuous development in the future.

Contact:
Vietnam Internet Network Information Center
Ministry of Information and Communications
18 Nguyen Du Street - Ha Noi - Vietnam
http://www.vnnic.vn

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