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Dot VN, Inc. Signs Joint Venture Agreement with Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) To Develop Internet Data Centers.


SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay.  -- Dot VN, Inc., a Delaware corporation A Delaware corporation is a corporation chartered in the U.S. state of Delaware. Delaware is well known as a corporate haven, and thus, over 50% of US publicly-traded corporations and 58% of the Fortune 500 companies are incorporated in the state.  ("Dot VN" or the "Company") (www.DotVN.com), (Pink Sheets:DTVI DTVI Distributed Tutored Video Instruction ), an Internet and Telecommunications Company See telecom company.  and authorized global domain name registrar An organization that manages Internet domain names. Any person or company that wants a presence on the Internet must register a unique name with one of the many registrars, such as Network Solutions (www.netsol.com) or Go Daddy (www.godaddy.com).  (www.VN) for the Country of Vietnam, announced today that it has signed Procedure Agreement with Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (networking) Internet Network Information Center - (InterNIC) An umbrella entity created by the National Science Foundation in Spring 1992, in cooperation with the Internet community, consisting of Network Information Service Managers who provided and/or coordinated NSFNet services.  ("VNNIC") (www.VNNIC.net.VN) to design, develop and manage Internet Data Centers ("IDCs") throughout Vietnam.

Vietnam, with an estimated population of over 85 Million people, is the second fastest growing economy in the world and was recently accepted into the World Trade Organization ("WTO See World Trade Organization. "). It is anticipated that Vietnam will be a full member of the WTO by January 11, 2007. Further, Vietnam has received full approval by the U.S. Congress for permanent normalized trading relations harkening a new era in US-Vietnam relations.

Since 2000, internet use in Vietnam has exploded from about 400,000 users to an estimated 16,000,000 users in 2006. As the country continues its ascent, the Vietnamese government, universities, financial institutions, hospitals, local and multi-national businesses will require internet access See how to access the Internet. , the ability to host websites, manage email, assure secure transactions and obtain the capability to store and recover critical data and information. It is Dot VN's intent to provide such services through the construction and operation of IDCs throughout Vietnam.

Currently, the Vietnamese government is pursuing a plan to develop and grow an e-government initiative which will improve the public's ability to access government services and resources. It is Dot VN's goal to facilitate this initiative and create the infrastructure necessary to drive e-government growth in Vietnam through projects like the IDC.

Dot VN and VNNIC have partnered to design, construct and manage the first official IDC located in Vietnam's capital city of Hanoi, with a population over 3.5 Million people and 50,000 businesses. The construction of this IDC is anticipated to begin in June, 2007 and is expected to be in operation by November of 2007. The Company anticipates that its first IDC will fill approximately 10,000 square feet of space. Dot VN also contemplates the construction of three additional IDC's throughout Vietnam, which are currently in the planning stages. The Company hopes to complete development of these additional IDCs by 2010.

Nguyen Le Thuy, Director of VNNIC said, "We are very pleased to form this exclusive partnership with Dot VN to build and operate the first IDC in Vietnam. The country and its citizens want to have their domain names hosted and data backed up, and our IDC's will be the solution they are seeking. Vietnam's internet demands are growing very rapidly, therefore, we are planning with Dot VN to construct another IDC with larger capacity in 2008."

Thomas Johnson Thomas Johnson may refer to:
  • Thomas Johnson (designer) (1714–1778), carver and furniture designer in London
  • Thomas Johnson (dressing frame), inventor of the dressing frame
, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Dot VN added, "With Vietnam's internet user Internet user ninternauta m/f

Internet user Internet ninternaute m/f 
 population growing at about 35% per year, the country is ready for an advanced, reliable and cost effective IDC. Our joint venture with VNNIC is unique, since the partners are investing and sharing the profit from this IDC project. In order to capture the high demand and to provide a full turn key solutions to assist Vietnamese businesses and its citizens, Dot VN is working closely with VNNIC to plan and build other strategically located IDC's."

About the Companies:

Dot VN, Inc. (www.DotVN.com) is the online service provider of .VN (Vietnam) domain name registrations globally. The Company has established agreements with the Vietnamese government and international ISP's (Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP)

Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password.
) such as VNPT VNPT Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Corporation , Netsoft, VDC VDC Volts Direct Current
VDC Venture Development Corporation
VDC Vehicle Dynamic Control
VDC Village Development Committee (Nepal)
VDC Virtual Data Center
VdC Verband der Cigarettenindustrie
, FPT FPT Field Programmable Technology
FPT Federal-Provincial-Territorial (Canada)
FPT Fiat Powertrain Technologies
FPT Female Pipe Thread
FPT Fast Processing Technology
FPT Forced Perfect Termination
FPT Fine Pitch Technology
, along with Verisign, MarkMonitor.com, NetNames.com, Ascio.com, MelbourneIT.com, RGNames.com, EbrandSecure.com, IPMirror.com and over 70 top domain resellers to commercialize Vietnam's Internet and Telecommunications services. Dot VN, Inc. has strived to deliver high value online communication and commerce solutions along with outstanding customer service both domestically and internationally with a focus on Vietnam. The Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) awarded Dot VN, Inc. an "exclusive long term contract" to be the first registrar to promote, market and register its country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) of .VN (Vietnam) via the Internet. Dot VN, Inc. is developing an Internet based distribution network through which the Company delivers business applications and services and digital software content to a network of more than 70 Service Providers in over 30 countries. The Company is developing the latest Internet domain registration software technologies for marketing, sales and managing the .VN domain name registration, website design and hosting, email systems, e-commerce and e-marketing, Vietnamese Search Engine for .VN and VOIP (Voice Over IP) A digital telephone service that uses the public Internet as well as private backbones instead of the traditional telephone network. Many companies, including Vonage, 8x8 and AT&T (CallVantage), typically offer calling within the country for a  telecommunications for Vietnam and other customers worldwide.

Vietnam Internet Network Information Center, (www.VNNIC.net.VN), is an affiliation to Ministry of Posts and Telematics. Its responsibilities are to allocate, develop and manage registry Internet resources in Vietnam; to establish, utilize and maintain the domain name server system for the national domain name .VN; to exploit the latest technologies relating to Internet resources.

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When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation.
 with our shareholders, creditors and/or former or current investors; (6) the Company's ability to comply with federal, state and local government regulations; (7) the Company's ability to maintain current agreements with the Country of Vietnam and secure additional agreements; and (8) other factors over which we have little or no control.
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