Vietnam: Shall the amounts of “.vn” domain name registration charges be reduced by 50% from June 1, 2023?
How many times a year will users pay “.vn” domain name registration charges in Vietnam?
According to the provisions of Clause 1 Article 4 of Circular 20/2023/TT-BTC on this content as follows:
Amounts of fees and charges
1. Amounts of “.vn” domain name registration charges and “.vn” domain name maintenance fees are specified in Section I of the Schedule of Fees and Charges attached to this Circular.
a) The “.vn” domain name registration charges shall be paid once upon registration. The “.vn” domain name maintenance fees shall be paid annually (12 months): First paid when registering, for subsequent years when the domain name is due for maintenance.
b) In case of transferring the right to use a national domain name “.vn”, the transferee (organization or individual) must pay:
- The “.vn” domain name registration charge when re-registering domain name according to regulations.
- The “.vn” domain name maintenance fee for the subsequent years of use when the transferred domain name is due for maintenance.
c) In case of changing the name of the registrant to use the national domain name ".vn", the new registrant shall pay the “.vn” domain name maintenance fee for the following years of use when the domain name is due for maintenance.
Accordingly, the “.vn” domain name registration charges shall be paid once upon registration. The “.vn” domain name maintenance fees shall be paid annually (12 months): First paid when registering, for subsequent years when the domain name is due for maintenance.
In addition, In case of transferring the right to use a national domain name “.vn”, the transferee (organization or individual) must pay:
- The “.vn” domain name registration charge when re-registering the domain name according to regulations.
- The “.vn” domain name maintenance fee for the subsequent years of use when the transferred domain name is due for maintenance.
- In case of changing the name of the registrant to use the national domain name ".vn", the new registrant shall pay the “.vn” domain name maintenance fee for the following years of use when the domain name is due for maintenance.
What are the amounts of “.vn” domain name registration charges in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 1 Article 4 of Circular 208/2016/TT-BTC on amounts of “.vn” domain name registration charges and “.vn” domain name maintenance fees; IP address registration charges and IP address maintenance fees in Vietnam as follows:
Accordingly, the amount of “.vn” domain name registration charges is VND 200,000 for:
- 2nd level domain name with 1 letter;
- 2nd level domain name with 2 letters;
- Other 2nd level domain name;
- For third-level domain name under a shared second-level domain name, the amount of “.vn” domain name registration charges is from 30,000 to 200,000 VND.
Shall the amounts of “.vn” domain name registration charges in Vietnam be reduced by 50% from June 1, 2023?
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 1 Article 4 of Circular 20/2023/TT-BTC on amounts of “.vn” domain name registration charges and “.vn” domain name maintenance fees as follows:
Amounts of fees and charges
1. Amounts of “.vn” domain name registration charges and “.vn” domain name maintenance fees are specified in Section I of the Schedule of Fees and Charges attached to this Circular.
Specifically, amounts of “.vn” domain name registration charges and “.vn” domain name maintenance fees in Section I of the Schedule of fees and charges issued together with Circular 20/2023/TT-BTC are as follows:
Accordingly, compared to the fee specified in Circular 208/2016/TT-BTC, the amount of “.vn” domain name registration charges in Vietnam is reduced by 50% from VND 200,000 to VND 100,000 for:
- 2nd level domain name with 1 letter;
- 2nd level domain name with 2 letters;
- Other 2nd level domain name;
- For third level domain name under shared second-level domain name: com.vn, net.vn, biz.vn, ai.vn
In addition, the amount of registration charges of third level domain name under shared second-level domain name: edu.vn, gov.vn, org.vn, ac.vn, health.vn, int.vn and domain names according to administrative divisions is reduced from VND 120,000 to VND 50,000.
Circular 20/2023/TT-BTC takes effect from June 1, 2023.
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