Vietnam: What are the cases of transfer to other “.vn” domain registrars?

According to Clause 7 Article 1 of Circular No. 06/2019/TT-BTTTT of the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam, transfer to another “.vn” domain registrar shall be carried out at the request of the applicant for domain registration and by the agreement between the domain registrar currently managing domain names and the domain registrar to whom the applicant is wishing to transfer their domain names.

As requested by the applicant, the domain registrar currently managing domain names shall initiate procedures for registrar transfer and shall not create any obstruction when the applicant has fully discharged their obligations specified in the agreement with the registrar on registration and maintenance of “.vn” domain names. In case of refusal, the domain registrar currently managing domain names shall respond and provide explanation in writing.

Circular No. 24/2015/TT-BTTTT of the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam also stipulates that transfer to other domain name registrar shall not be allowed under the following circumstances:

- Within 60 (sixty) days from the date on which new registration of domain name was made, this shall not be allowed to happen;

- Within 30 (thirty) days before the expiry date of domain names, this shall not be allowed to happen;

- Domain names are in the process of handling violations;

- Domain names are subjected to the temporary suspension;

- Domain names are in dispute.

Notably, in case the ".vn" domain registrar has not had capability of managing their domain names, these domain names shall be put under control of other ".vn" domain registrars as agreed upon between two domain name registrars within a permitted period of 60 (sixty) working days on receipt of the written approval from the Ministry of Information and Communications , or according to the written request made by the Ministry of Information and Communications (VNNIC).

More details can be found in Circular No. 06/2019/TT-BTTTT of the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam, which takes effect from September 15, 2019.

Thu Ba

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