.vn

.vn

Introduced	1994
TLD type	Country Code Top‐Level Domain
Status	Active
Registry	Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC)
Sponsor	Vietnam Ministry of Information and Communication
Intended use	Entities connected with Vietnam
Actual use	Fairly popular in Vietnam
Registered domains	524,556 (June 2021)Internet Statistics of Vietnam
Structure	Names are registered at second level and third level beneath various second‐level categories
Registry website	VNNIC (Vietnamese) VNNIC (English)

.vn is the country code top‐level domain (ccTLD) for Vietnam.

The domain name registry for .vn is the Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC). In 2003, the company Dot VN, Inc. signed an agreement with VNNIC allowing it to market the vn domain name abroad. Nowadays, a .vn domain mane can be registered from all over the world via a worldwide .vn accredited registrar system.

The number of national domain name ".vn" surpassed 500,000 domains, ranked first in Southeast Asia - ASEAN and ranked TOP 10 in Asia - Pacific region in terms of number of domain names maintained in use.

.vn domain names with 1 or 2 characters are registered through an auction.

There are 43 1-character .vn domain names, including: 36 domain names with a plain ASCII character(a, b, c, .. .X, y, z, 0, 1, 2, 3, .. 7, 8 , 9.vn) and 7 domain names with a Vietnam-specific character (â, ă, đ, ê, ô, ơ, ư.vn). There are 1296 2-character domain names with a combination of ASCII characters (a0, a1, a2, ..., z7, z8, z9.vn).

Second‐level domains

The .vn domain name may be registered as a ccTLD or country code second‐level domain (ccSLD). Below is a list of ccSLDs under the .vn domain name.

ccSLD	Uses
com.vn	commercial
biz.vn	business; equivalent to com.vn
edu.vn	education and training
gov.vn	state and government (central and local)
net.vn	establishment and provision of online services
org.vn	organizations involved in political, cultural, and social activities
int.vn	Vietnam-based international organizations
ac.vn	organizations and individuals involved in research activities
pro.vn	organizations and individuals involved in highly specialized domains
info.vn	organizations and individuals involved in the creation, distribution, and supply of information
health.vn	organizations and individuals involved in pharmaceutical and medical activities
name.vn	proper names of individuals involved in Internet-related activities

External links

• IANA .vn whois information