information Universalising the national domain .vn

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Việt Nam has more than 610,000 '.vn' domain names after 30 years of development, ranking second in the ASEAN region, 10th in the Asia-Pacific and 40th in the world, according to the Việt Nam Internet Center (VNNIC).

However, the rate of businesses registered to use the '.vn' domain in our country is only about 25 per cent, while this rate in developed countries is more than 70 per cent.

..... To strongly promote the digital transformation, development of a digital Government, the digital economy and digital society, the ministry has recently implemented an initiative to universalise the '.vn' national domain with two special policies: two years of free domain names at 'biz.vn' or 'id.vn', with basic digital services.

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As a business, I'd prefer a paid .vn domain over a free .biz.vn, but free .id.vn domains for individuals might catch on.

Fun fact, they seem to have recently introduced .ai.vn and .io.vn subdomains as well.