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name ".vn" and be cached in servers with IP
addresses in Vietnam.
3. The registration of international domain
names shall be directly effected with overseas
organizations providers of international domain
names or through international domain name
registrars acting as agents for overseas providers
of international domain names. Organizations and
individuals having registered international domain
names shall notify the Ministry of Information
and Communication thereof under Article 23 of
the Law On Information Technology.
4. Domain name ".vn" registrars shall conduct
domain name registration on the basis of contracts
signed with the Vietnam Internet Network
Information Center and regulations on
management and use of Internet resources.
International domain name registrars acting as
agents for overseas providers of international
domain names shall register and report on their
operation according to regulations of the Ministry
of Information and Communication.
5. Disputes over the use of the national domain
name ".vn1' shall be settled in the forms prescribed
in Article 76 of the Law on Information
Technology and other relevant provisions of law.
6. Internet service providers and private
IntemetjHmay apply for the grant of Internet
addresses and autonomous system numbers from
the Vietnam Internet Network Information Center
for use or reallocation to their users. The
application for the grant of Internet addresses and
autonomous system numbers from international
organizations is subject to written approval of the
Ministry of Information and Communication.
•—^7. Organizations and individuals shall pay
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charges and fees for use of Internet resources in
accordance with law.
Article 18.- Quality standards and charge rates
of Internet services
1. Internet service providers shall observe the
following provisions on service quality
management:
a/To publicly notify service quality according
to regulations;
b/To regularly check, supervise and assure the
provision of services up to prescribed or notified
quality standard for users;
c/ To report on and submit to the inspection
and supervision by competent state agencies
regarding service quality according to regulations.
2. Internet service providers shall comply with
the following provisions on charge rate
management:
a/To separately account Internet services and
determine their costs according to regulations;
b/ To decide, register, notify and report on
charge rates according to regulations;
c/To publicly post up and collect charges from
users according to notified charge rates; to pay
charges to other enterprises at the rates determined
in the signed contracts;
d/ To submit to the charge rate inspection and
examination by competent state agencies.
Chapter IV
MANAGEMENT, PROVISION AND USE
OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION ON
THE INTERNET
Article 19.- Principles of management,
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