States that new .vn registrations under Dot VN management grew from 919 total domain names registered in 2005 to over 4,100 for the year 2006.

Dot VN, Inc., an Internet and telecommunications company and authorized global domain name registrar for the country of Vietnam, announced today that the total number of .vn domain names registered by the company via online has increased over 350% since 2005. New .vn registrations under Dot VN management grew from 919 total domain names registered in 2005 to over 4,100 for the 2006 year.

Based on statistics from the Vietnam Network Information Center (VNNIC), the administrative entity overseeing the development of the Internet in Vietnam, .vn domain registration grew from 22,629 domain names registered in 2005 to over 34,000 in 2006, an increase of nearly 50%. Contributing factors to the growth in domain registration are believed to be the rapid growth of Vietnam's economy, the expansion of the Internet in the region, and Dot VNs 2nd level release, www.CompanyName.vn, for the .vn ccTLD.

Thomas Johnson, Chairman and CEO of the company said, "We are extremely excited with the outstanding increase in domain names registered by our company, in excess of 350%, as compared to 2005. We anticipate seeing even greater growth for Dot VN in 2007. In order to capture the high demand and to provide a full turn key Internet solutions to assist Vietnamese businesses and its citizens, Dot VN will continue to work closely with VNNIC to drive online domain name registration, as well as plan and build strategically located Internet Data Centers throughout Vietnam.”