Proposal to adjust the fee and domain name fee collection plan

According to current regulations on internal collection, management and use of Internet resource maintenance fees, allocation and issuance fees, to use national domain names, businesses will have to pay a registration fee for using the ".vn" domain name (collected upon initial registration) and a domain name maintenance fee for each subsequent year.

Proposal to adjust the fee and domain name fee collection scheme.

Accordingly, businesses will have to pay more for domain name registration and less money to maintain in the following years.

However, international domain name providers often have the opposite sales policy: the amount customers have to pay for the first year is often equal to or lower than the following years.

VCCI assessed that the policies of international domain name providers are suitable for customers' needs. Because, when buying a domain name, the buyer is still in the research phase, learning about setting up and using the domain name. Therefore, if the first year fee is low, it will attract more people.

In the following years, when the website is up and running and has stable traffic, the buyer can pay a higher fee to continue using that domain name.

According to statistics, the number of ".vn" domain names by the end of 2023 will reach about 610,000 domain names, ranking 2nd in Southeast Asia, 10th in Asia- Pacific , and 40th globally.

Increasing the number of registrations using the '.vn' domain name not only helps affirm Vietnam's position on the world digital map but also contributes significantly to the development of the country's digital economy and digital society.

In order to implement the Government 's policy on supporting startups in the digital economy, it is recommended that the drafting agency consider adjusting domain name fees in the direction of minimizing the amount that businesses have to pay in the first year.

VCCI recommends: "We can consider the option of exempting domain name maintenance fees for the first year or recalculating the collection level to ensure revenue for units managing Vietnamese national domain names."

Previously, the Ministry of Information and Communications also approved the "Program to promote and support people, businesses, and business households to have a reliable and safe online presence with digital services using the national domain name .vn in provinces and cities across the country in the period 2024 - 2025".

In particular, there are 2 special policies for young people, individual business households and small and medium enterprises to have a quick online presence: 2 years free BIZ.VN domain name and basic digital services and people from 18 to 23 years old are given 2 years free ID.VN domain name and basic digital services.

Source: https://kinhtedothi.vn/de-xuat-dieu-chinh-phuong-an-thu-phi-va-le-phi-ten-mien.html