Straight from a Regional Internet Registry
- IANA / ICANN
- The RIR for the deployment region
- HiTechCloud — LIR
- Enterprise
HiTechCloud Internet Resources
Internet resources for business: IPv4, IPv6, ASN and routing
HiTechCloud is an LIR member and also a member of the major NIRs and RIRs, working alongside Vietnamese businesses to register, manage and operate IP addresses, autonomous system numbers, BGP routing and interconnection.
Internet Registry Ecosystem
HiTechCloud is an LIR, NIR and RIR member
As a Local Internet Registry, HiTechCloud holds and sub-allocates Internet resources directly; as a member of the major NIRs and RIRs it also takes each business to the right registry, the right policy and the right procedure from the very first step.
Local Internet Registry (LIR)
HiTechCloud is an LIR under an RIR, and an NIR member as well
HiTechCloud LIR status sits under an RIR rather than only through an NIR, so resources can come straight from the regional registry and then be sub-allocated to its systems and customers, instead of going through an intermediary for every allocation.
- Standing in the ecosystem
- LIR, NIR and RIR member
- Resource groups
- IPv4 · IPv6 · ASN · Reverse DNS · RPKI
- Coverage
- Vietnam and all five RIR regions worldwide
- How we work
- Application advice, deployment and long-term operation
Registry network
HiTechCloud sits at the center of two registry circles
On the left are the five Regional Internet Registries covering the five world regions. On the right are the National Internet Registries and national resource authorities. HiTechCloud works directly with both layers.
APNIC
Asia – Pacific
RIPE NCC
Europe, Central Asia, Middle East
ARIN
North America
LACNIC
Latin America and the Caribbean
AFRINIC
Africa
VNNIC
Vietnam
JPNIC
Japan
TWNIC
Taiwan
KRNIC
South Korea
IDNIC
Indonesia
SGNIC
Singapore
Allocation hierarchy
How Internet resources travel down to your business
IP address and network number cannot be freely bought and sold as ordinary goods. They are provisioned according to four tiers with clear policies, and your enterprise's position in that system determines your level of control over your own infrastructure.
- RIR Regional Internet Registry Regional registry — five organizations, each with its own color in the diagram
- NIR National Internet Registry National registry — VNNIC in Vietnam; other countries have their own NIR
- LIR Local Internet Registry HiTechCloud, alongside VNNIC and receiving from all five RIRs
- LIR / ISP VN Vietnam LIR / ISP A role that exists only inside Vietnam, allocated by VNNIC
- EU End User End-user enterprise
- Five colored lines — HiTechCloud sits alongside VNNIC. Each color is one Regional Internet Registry. As an LIR, HiTechCloud receives resources directly from all five RIRs and sits at the same tier as VNNIC, not beneath it.
- Green arrow — applies in Vietnam only. Inside Vietnam specifically, resources travel APNIC → VNNIC and then across to HiTechCloud. This is a lateral relationship between two organizations at the same tier, not a parent-and-subordinate one.
- Outside Vietnam, nothing goes through VNNIC. VNNIC allocates and sub-allocates resources only within Vietnam. In other countries HiTechCloud receives them straight from that region’s RIR, or through the host country’s own NIR such as JPNIC, TWNIC, KRNIC or IDNIC.
- Two roles, one legal entity. The single HiTechCloud box carries two roles: LIR when dealing directly with an RIR, and Vietnam LIR / ISP when resources come through VNNIC. The two roles fall under two different sets of rules but remain one organization.
- EU — the end-user business. Whichever path it takes, the resource ends up on the business’s own systems, with registry records in that business’s own name.
Through the national registry of the country of deployment
- IANA / ICANN
- The regional RIR
- Host country NIR (JPNIC · TWNIC · KRNIC · IDNIC…)
- HiTechCloud — LIR
- Enterprise
Through VNNIC, inside Vietnam only
- IANA / ICANN
- APNIC
- VNNIC — NIR
- HiTechCloud — Vietnam LIR / ISP
- Enterprise
LIR — Local Internet Registry
An organization allocated a block of resources by an RIR or NIR, with the right to sub-allocate it to internal systems or customers. Typically ISPs, cloud providers and data centers.
NIR — National Internet Registry
An organization that manages Internet resources at national level within the regional policy framework. In Vietnam that role belongs to VNNIC.
RIR — Regional Internet Registry
The five regional organizations responsible for allocating IPv4, IPv6 and ASNs worldwide, each covering one geographic area.
Context
Vietnam Internet resources in numbers
The figures below were verified on August 11, 2026 and will keep moving. For the current numbers, check VNNIC real-time statistics portal directly.
Real-time Vietnamese figures for IPv6, DNS and routing are published at internetatlas.vnnic.vn.
Value delivered
Clear, stable network infrastructure that is ready to grow
Managing resources properly is not paperwork. It decides whether other networks trust and accept your traffic at all.
Transparent resource records
Whois and RDAP data, route objects, technical contacts and abuse contacts are declared correctly and kept current, so other networks know who to reach when something breaks.
Validated routing
Signing ROA under RPKI and publishing route objects on IRR helps prevent your routes from being impersonated and helps large networks accept your route advertisements.
Independence from your provider
Holding your own addresses and ASN means changing ISP does not force you to renumber everything, and you can connect to several carriers at once.
Ready for IPv6-only
A transition plan aligned with the national program for 2026 – 2030, so you are not scrambling when IPv4 runs short or lease prices rise.
Shorter paths for your traffic
Peering at VNIX and international IXPs shortens the path to domestic and regional users instead of detouring through foreign transit.
Compliance with current regulation
Registration, transfer and reporting files are prepared under Decree 147/2024 and Circular 48/2025 as currently in force.
Legal framework
The instruments currently governing Internet resources
The competent authority is now the Ministry of Science and Technology. Many older instruments still carry the reference of the former Ministry of Information and Communications, so always check what remains in force rather than reusing an old document.
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Telecommunications Law 2023 Article 50
Sets the legal basis for managing and using Internet resources in Vietnam.
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Decree 147/2024/ND-CP Issued November 9, 2024
Management, provision and use of Internet services. Replaces Decree 72/2013 and Decree 27/2018. Article 9 governs domain name registration.
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Circular 48/2025/TT-BKHCN In force February 10, 2026
Management and use of Internet resources, replacing Circular 24/2015 and Circular 21/2021. Domain transfers are restricted during the first 60 days and the last 30 days of a registration cycle.
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Circular 10/2025/TT-BTC In force May 3, 2025
All fees and charges for domain names, IP addresses and autonomous system numbers.
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Decision 3369/QĐ-BKHCN Issued October 27, 2025
The IPv6-only program for 2026 – 2030, targeting 90% to 100% IPv6 adoption by 2030.
HiTechCloud Network Services
What HiTechCloud does for your business
From the resource application to routing that actually runs in production, one team stays with it instead of splitting the work across vendors.
Advice and registration for IPv4, IPv6 and ASN
Assess actual need, pick a sensible block size, prepare the paperwork and stay with the registry process until the resource is allocated.
BGP and routing design
Build the multi-homing design, announcement policy, path redundancy and traffic steering for systems that need high stability.
Peering and interconnection
Peering strategy, connections to VNIX, international IXPs, carriers and data centers to cut latency for your target users.
Routing security with RPKI and IRR
Sign ROAs for every resource, publish route and route6 objects, and set filters that limit the risk of route hijacks and route leaks.
IPv6 and IPv6-only migration
Address planning, dual-stack, NAT64, DNS64 and 464XLAT deployment, application testing, then a phased move to pure IPv6 operation.
Record administration and operations
Review of Whois and RDAP data, reverse DNS, abuse contacts, renewals and periodic reporting, plus network incident support throughout the resource lifecycle.
Resource catalog
The resources HiTechCloud handles with you
| Resources | Issued by | HiTechCloud provides |
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| IPv4 addresses | VNNIC or APNIC | Assess need, prepare the application, and advise on leasing or transfer now that the IPv4 pool is exhausted. |
| IPv6 addresses | VNNIC or APNIC | Determine the right block size, plan the subnet structure and roll it out on real infrastructure. |
| Autonomous system numbers (ASN) | VNNIC or APNIC | Register a 16-bit or 32-bit ASN, declare the routing policy and bring up the first BGP session. |
| Reverse DNS (PTR records) | Delegation from registry | Configure the reverse zone for your address range, a hard requirement for any mail-sending system. |
| ROAs under RPKI | The registry holding the resource | Create and maintain ROAs that match what you actually announce, so a wrong ROA does not take your own routes down. |
| Route and route6 objects | IRR databases | Publish and maintain routing objects so the large networks accept your announcements. |
| IXP connectivity | VNIX and international IXPs | Meet the joining requirements, provision the port, bring up peering sessions and monitor quality. |
Technical standards
Routing security and the bridge to IPv6
These four are the most commonly skipped when a business does this alone, and the ones behind the hardest incidents to diagnose later.
- RPKI and ROA A ROA binds an address range to the ASN allowed to announce it. Other networks check that signature before accepting a route, so forged routes are dropped.
- IRR and route objects Many large carriers build their filters from IRR data. Without a route object, even a legitimate prefix can be blocked at a partner edge.
- Accurate Whois and RDAP RDAP is the lookup protocol that replaces legacy Whois. Wrong or stale data adds days to incident handling and abuse complaints.
- NAT64 and DNS64 The pair of mechanisms that let IPv6-only clients still reach IPv4-only services, a mandatory stepping stone on the way to IPv6-only.
Internet exchange points
IXP — where networks meet to exchange traffic directly
An IXP is neutral infrastructure where networks peer directly instead of routing through transit. For a business that already holds an ASN and independent IP addresses, this is the next step that makes the clearest difference to latency and bandwidth cost.
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VNIX
Vietnam national Internet exchange
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HKIX
Hong Kong Internet Exchange
Shorter paths, lower latency
Traffic between two networks present at the same IXP goes straight across the exchange instead of detouring through international transit, cutting both latency and hop count.
Lower transit cost
Traffic exchanged directly does not count against the transit capacity you have to buy, which is usually the main economic reason a network joins an IXP.
Joining requirements
The organization must hold an ASN and an independent IP address range allocated by VNNIC, then provision a physical port at a point of presence and bring up peering sessions.
VNIX capacity
More than 30 member networks, 5 points of presence nationwide and over 400 Gbps of exchange capacity for domestic traffic.
Coordination framework
Global and regional coordinating bodies
This is the layer that sets the policy framework every registry above operates under. Businesses do not deal with these bodies directly, but their decisions shape the conditions for obtaining and keeping resources.
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ICANN
Global coordination of names and numbers
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NRO
The joint forum of the five RIRs
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APTLD
Asia Pacific ccTLD association
Policy built by the community
Allocation rules are not set by any single company. They emerge from an open policy development process at each RIR, where every member can propose and vote.
Why it matters to your business
When policy changes, so do the conditions for obtaining, transferring and maintaining resources. Tracking this framework keeps your records from going out of date midway.
HiTechCloud’s role
HiTechCloud tracks policy changes at RIR and NIR level and translates them into the specific actions your business needs to take on its own resource records.
Who this is for
The situations that usually lead to registering your own resources
Businesses connected to several carriers
They need independent addresses and an ASN to run BGP with two or more providers, keeping services up when one path fails.
Cloud providers and data centers
They sub-allocate to customers, so they need a clear addressing plan and clean registry records from day one.
Banks and financial institutions
They require tight control of traffic paths, validated routing and the ability to prove ownership of their resources.
Government bodies migrating to IPv6
Carrying out the transition for IT systems and public service portals under the national IPv6 program.
Businesses expanding abroad
They need resources and connectivity across several RIR regions, with a peering strategy suited to each market.
SaaS platforms and email services
They need address ranges with clean history, correct reverse DNS and clear abuse records so their mail is not marked as spam.
Deployment process
From requirements survey to live operations
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Current-state survey
Record the infrastructure model, traffic, user regions, resources in use and growth plans.
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Proposed approach
Decide which resources and what size to register, the routing and connectivity design, and the cost that comes with it.
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Prepare documents
Complete the documents the registry requires, justify the stated need and follow it through to allocation.
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Technical deployment
Configure BGP, establish peering, sign ROAs, publish route objects and set up reverse DNS.
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Testing and acceptance
Verify the real forwarding path, failover when one route is lost, and the validity of the routing data.
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Long-term operations
Monitor path quality, keep records current, renew resources and stay alongside you as the system grows.
HiTechCloud’s IPv6-only roadmap
The four phases HiTechCloud delivers with you
HiTechCloud started this roadmap in 2023 and is currently in the IPv6-only proof-of-concept and pilot phase of the 2025 – 2026 cycle. The later phases follow the national IPv6-only program for 2026 – 2030 set out in Decision 3369/QD-BKHCN, broken into steps that can be carried out without taking services down.
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Phase 1 2023 – 2024Completed
Inventory and planning
- Inventory every IPv4 range in use, plus hardware and software that does not yet support IPv6
- Register an IPv6 block and an independent autonomous system number
- Draw up an IPv6 addressing plan for infrastructure, services and internal networks
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Phase 2 2025 – 2026In progress
IPv6-only proof of concept and pilot
- Run an IPv6-only proof of concept on a selected group of services and measure the results before scaling up
- Enable dual-stack across the core network, DNS, web, email and public-facing services
- Pilot NAT64 and DNS64 so IPv6-only services can still reach IPv4 content
- Publish route6 objects and sign ROAs for every IPv6 resource
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Phase 3 2027 – 2028Planned
Scale up and wind IPv4 down
- Make IPv6-only the default for new systems, internal networks and cloud workloads
- Migrate systems still tied to IPv4 onto alternatives
- Measure the share of traffic arriving over IPv6 and clear the remaining bottlenecks
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Phase 4 2029 – 2030Planned
Operate IPv6-only
- Retire IPv4 except in genuinely special-purpose systems
- Align with the national target of 90% to 100% IPv6 adoption
- Keep monitoring, verifying routing and updating resource records
National context
Vietnam’s IPv6-only roadmap
HiTechCloud’s roadmap follows the national program below. Both figures are published by the Vietnam Internet Network Information Center, shown here so a business can line its own milestones up against the national ones.
Answers
Frequently asked questions about Internet resources
Is a business required to register independent IP addresses?
No. If you use a single provider, the addresses they assign are enough. Independent registration only becomes necessary when you want to connect to several carriers, run BGP yourself, or avoid renumbering every time you change provider.
Can you still obtain new IPv4 addresses?
The global IPv4 pool is exhausted, so registries now issue only very small blocks under restrictive policy, usually with a waiting list. In practice a business needing more IPv4 has to lease or acquire it by transfer, and should start planning IPv6 in parallel.
How are registration and maintenance costs calculated?
Fees and charges are set by Circular 10/2025/TT-BTC. IP addresses are charged by band according to how many addresses you hold; if your IPv4 and IPv6 holdings fall in the same band only one fee applies, so enabling IPv6 usually does not raise your resource cost. ASNs attract a charge from the third number onwards. Contact HiTechCloud for a quote matched to the exact block your business needs.
How long does registering an ASN take?
It depends on how complete the application is and how quickly the registry reviews it. The longest part is usually demonstrating a real routing need, such as a commitment to connect to at least two other networks. HiTechCloud prepares that part with you before filing.
Why sign a ROA when you already have a route object?
The two complement each other. A route object in the IRR is declared data, while a ROA under RPKI is a digital signature vouched for by the registry that allocated the resource. More and more large networks drop RPKI-invalid routes, so no ROA means losing reachability to part of the Internet.
Does moving to IPv6-only break access to IPv4-only services?
No, provided you deploy NAT64 and DNS64 alongside it. Those translate traffic for IPv6-only clients whenever the destination is IPv4-only. Testing applications before the switch is still mandatory, because some older software hard-codes IPv4 addresses in its configuration.
What is required to connect to VNIX?
The hard requirement is that the organization holds an ASN and an independent IP address range allocated by VNNIC. After that comes the physical port at one of the points of presence and peering sessions with the other members.
Which authority manages Internet resources in Vietnam?
The Ministry of Science and Technology, through the Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC). Many older instruments still carry the reference of the former Ministry of Information and Communications, so always check what remains in force.
Check it yourself
Official sources you can verify against
HiTechCloud links straight to the origin rather than copying figures, because every number on this page changes over time.
- Vietnam Internet Network Information Center Policy, procedures and application forms for Internet resources in Vietnam.
- Vietnam Internet Atlas Real-time figures on IPv6, DNS, ASN and access quality.
- APNIC RDAP Look up registration data for IP addresses and autonomous system numbers in the region.
- APNIC Labs Statistics Statistics on IPv6 adoption and RPKI coverage by economy.
- VNIX The national Internet exchange: joining requirements and the port price list.
- NRO The joint forum of the five RIRs, publishing global resource allocation statistics.
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