Cases of suspension of “.vn” domain names in Vietnam
According to the Decree, “.vn” domain names shall be suspended in the following cases:
- Upon written requests from investigation authorities or competent state authorities under the law on cybersecurity and prevention and combat against hi-tech criminals to promptly prevent acts of using domain names to infringe on national security and social order and safety under the law;
- Upon written requests for the implementation of decisions on the application of measures to prevent and ensure the handling of administrative violations from authorities competent to impose fines for administrative violations against regulations on information and communications or other specialized inspection authorities;
- In cases where the information used for registration of the domain names is inaccurate, and the applicants for domain name registration and use are unidentified; applications for the use of domain names are inadequate or inaccurate; domain names are registered contrary to the regulations on the management of the structure and permissible applicants;
- Applicants for the registration and use of “.vn” domain names fail to pay the fees for maintaining the use of such domain names under the law on fees and charges.
Cases of revocation of “.vn” domain names in Vietnam
According to the Decree, “.vn” domain names shall be revoked in the following cases:
- Implementation of requests for domain name revocation in decisions, judgments, or decisions on the settlement of disputes over domain names of competent authorities and organizations or the reconciliation documents under the law on reconciliation;
- Implementation of decisions of the Minister of Information and Communications of Vietnam regarding cases subject to domain name revocation for national interests, public interests, socio-economic development, and national defense and security or cases unconformable with the planning for Internet resources prescribed in the Law on Telecommunications;
- Implementation of decisions on the imposition of fines for administrative violations of authorities competent to impose fines for administrative violations against regulations on information and communications or other specialized investigation authorities specifying the domain name revocation as a remedial measure or the confiscation of evidence and violating instruments;
- Implementation of written requests from investigation authorities or competent state authorities as per regulation to promptly prevent acts of using domain names to infringe on national security and social order and safety under the law;
- When owners of “.vn” domains fail to pay the fees for maintaining the use of such domain names within 30 days from the due date of fee payment;
- In cases where the information used for the registration of domain names is inaccurate, and the applicants for domain name registration and use are identified but the applicants fail to update, supplement, and complete the information; domain names are registered contrary to the regulations on the management of structure and permissible applicants; owners of domain names are organizations or enterprises that have been dissolved, went bankrupt, or no longer exist without transferring the legitimate use rights to other entities according to the law; individuals passed away without transferring legitimate use rights to other entities according to the law.
See more details in Decree No. 147/2024/ND-CP , effective as of December 25, 2024.
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