Vietnam: When shall the name of the applicant for “.vn” domain name registration be changed?

Point b Clause 4 Article 1 of Circular No. 06/2019/TT-BTTTT of the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam amends and supplements the regulation on cases in which the name of the applicant for domain registration shall be changed. Specifically, according to new regulations, the name of the applicant for domain registration shall be changed in the following cases:

- An organization is renamed under the decision issued by a competent authority;

- The merger, consolidation or change of functions and tasks of an agency or organization under the decision issued by a competent authority results in change of the right to use domain names;

- The restructuring of an enterprise under the Enterprise Law results in change of the right to use domain names;

- An individual changes his/her family name or given name under the decision issued by a competent authority.

According to Circular No. 24/2015/TT-BTTTT of the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam, in order to complete the procedure for registering and changing the registration information and returning “.vn” domain names, applicants must submit the domain registration form, the request form for change to domain registration information or the request form for domain return.   The domain registration form, the request form for change to domain registration information or the request form for domain return shall be provided by ".vn" domain registrars on their website and must include all required information according to the form stipulated in Appendix 3, 4 and 5 enclosed herein. 

If an applicant is allowed to change his/her name as stated above, in addition to submitting the application form for change made to domain registration information, the domain name user must present the copy from the master registers or copy for comparison purpose or certified true copy of the decision issued by the competent authority or document stating the enterprise is restructured under the Enterprise Law or documents proving the legitimate change of the right to use domain names in conformity with methods of submitting application as regulated.

Requests for changing registration information and returning “.vn” domain names must be submitted to in-charge ".vn" domain registrars.

Other provisions 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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