Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The number of'.vn' domain names in Vietnam surpassed 500,000 by October 31 this year, areport has showed.

The Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) published the Vietnam InternetResources Report 2019 last week.

The '.vn' domain name is the national domain name with the largest numberof registrations in Southeast Asia and in the top 10 in Asia-Pacific.

In terms of IP address, the number of IPv4 owned by Vietnam reached 16,001,024by the end of October, ranking second in Southeast Asia, eighth in Asia and29th globally.

Thedomain name has played an important role in the development of theVietnamese internet.

Regarding State management, '.vn' was aprerequisite for the use of information technology in the operation of Stateagencies, in particular, electronic information portals and online publicservices, said the report.

The rapid growth of the internet has led to the exhaustion of Internet ProtocolVersion 4 (IPv4) addresses.

Vietnam has implemented activities to promote and prepare for the transition tousing the new generation Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), the upgraded versionof IPv4, addresses, since 2008.

Aiming to ensure the stable operation of the internet in the country with IPv6technology, the VNNIC has taken efforts in promoting IPv6 deployment.

As a result, IPv6 adoption rate in Vietnam has increased, helping the countrybecome one of the top best countries in the field of IPv6 deployment.

Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)’s statistics showed that theuse of IPv6 for Vietnam reaches approximately 40 percent, ranking secondin ASEAN and eighth globally with more than 21,000,000 IPv6 users by October.

The report was first introduced in 2012 and since has become an annualpublication which provides statistics and development results of Internetresources in Vietnam./.