Vietnam's Domain Registration Grows 172% Annually

As of October 2012, registered .vn domains had already hit 225,970 and it keeps accelerating. | photo via http://www.vnnic.vn

In Vietnam, where research is still maturing, the publishing of white papers of any kind are a welcome surprise. The VNNIC, the center that monitors and issues domain names, has released its latest research on internet growth in Vietnam. The paper coincides with recent commemorations of 15 years of internet usage in Vietnam and other white papers from other Vietnamese ministries.

Some of these statistics give an interesting picture of Vietnam?s internet population. The VNNIC?s numbers are a bit larger than those of the Ministry of Information and Technology, putting the number of netizens at 35.49 percent of the population. Thus with a population of 90 million, it?s no surprise that Vietnam is ranked 18th in the world in terms of internet users. But what is interesting is that it?s the regional leader in national website domain name registrations, or domains that end in ?.vn?.

As of the third quarter of this year, the number of national registered domain names with ?.vn? hit 225,970. Considering that the number of registered domains was just 14,786 in 2000, that puts the growth rate at about 172 percent per year. The total number of domains registered in the country (i.e. with .com, .com.vn, .edu, .org and etc.) is 836,173. At this rate, the number of domains will hit one million in the middle of next year.

So what does this tell us about Vietnam?s internet population? It means the country?s netizens want to produce; they want to create websites. I think this comes out of a need for connection. The young Vietnamese population is hungry for new ways to connect, and it?s no surprise that WeChat?s made such a strong entrance into the Vietnamese market with its ?Look Around? function, a feature that allows users to talk to random new people who are also online. Young businesses, with this same mentality also see websites as a means to connect with potential users or customers. Unfortunately, the practice of developing valuable content is still something that needs to mature.

[Source: The VNNIC?s white paper on Vietnam?s internet - article in Vietnamese]

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About Anh-Minh Do

Minh juggles keeping his pulse on Vietnam?s start-up, social media and technology scenes while keeping his eye on the budding Southeast Asian web-influenced cultures. His main areas of research include social media, apps, start-up, online marketing, web culture and events. He?s currently based in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. If you have any tips, questions or feedback, contact him via Email or Twitter.

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