On December 20, 2024, the Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) held a conference to disseminate legal regulations and deliver professional training for “.vn” domain registrars and international domain registrars in Vietnam in 2024, in order to disseminate and provide guidance on understanding and implementing the legal regulations on the provision of domain registration and renewal services set out in Decree No. 147/2024/NĐ-CP dated November 9, 2024. At the conference, VNNIC also discussed the current state of domain registration and management at the registrars and answered questions and comments from registrars concerning the legal regulations and their implementation in practice, ensuring compliance with legal requirements.

The conference was held in person at the VNNIC branch in Ho Chi Minh City and online at the Hanoi and Da Nang connection points, with the participation of representatives of VNNIC’s leadership, together with the managers and staff responsible for managing Vietnam’s national “.vn” domains and international domains in Vietnam at the registrars.

Photo: Ms. Trần Thị Thu Hiền, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Internet Network Information Center, chairing the conference

At the 2024 Legal Regulations Briefing Conference, VNNIC representatives explained and provided guidance on implementing Decree No. 147/2024/NĐ-CP on the management and provision of registration services for Vietnam's national “.vn” domain and for international domains in Vietnam, to ensure the relevant work was in place from the date the Decree took effect (25 December 2024). VNNIC representatives also answered registrars' questions about implementing Decree No. 147/2024/NĐ-CP, helping “.vn” registrars and international domain registrars in Vietnam understand the legal requirements correctly.

Also as part of the conference, VNNIC delivered professional training for registrars of Vietnam's national “.vn” domain and for international domain registrars operating in Vietnam. VNNIC reviewed the general state of domain management, registration and use in Vietnam that registrars should be aware of; ran training on managing international domains in Vietnam and on the International Domain System 2.0; and ran training on managing the national “.vn” domain, covering registration records, data, preferential domain registration and exceptional cases. On that basis, VNNIC set out its registrar inspection and supervision activities for 2024 and its direction for 2025, with the aim of ensuring registrars comply with the relevant legal requirements.