Vietnam has more than 610,000 '.vn' domain names after 30 years of development, ranking second in the ASEAN region, 10th in the Asia-Pacific and 40th in the world, according to the Vietnam Internet Centre (VNNIC).

The Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC)’s automatic monitoring system has so far detected more than 450 domain names, including 357 international ones, with signs of violation related to e-commerce and banking.

The number of '.vn' domain names in Vietnam surpassed 500,000 by October 31 this year, a report has showed.

Vietnam developed 70,900 national domain names (.vn) in the first quarter of this year, equivalent to 393 domain names per day.

Customers who want to use Vietnamese domain names can register through registrars instead of registering with the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) from April 15.

The transferors and the transferees of domain names, still have to wait for guidelines on tax payments from the Ministry of Finance.

Nearly 27,700 ".vn" domain names were created in the first three months of this year, increasing the total number of ".vn" domain names to 354,608.

More than 106,300 new ".vn" domain names were registered in the first 11 months of this year, bringing the total number of ".vn" domain names to 343, 370, a year-on-year increase of 16.4 percent.