DOT VN, INC. and VNNIC TO CELEBRATE MILESTONE OF ONE MILLIONTH VIETNAMESE
NATIVE LANGUAGE DOMAIN NAME REGISTERED SUCCESSFUL

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – August 25, 2014, Dot VN, Inc., (http://www.dotvn.com) (OTC Trading Symbol: DTVI), an Internet and Telecommunications Company (“the Company” or “Dot VN”) and the online global domain name registrar for the Country of Vietnam and exclusive registrar for the Vietnamese Native Language Internationalized Domain Names (“Vietnamese IDN”), announced today that it recently registered its one millionth Vietnamese IDN.  Vietnamese IDN registration continues to grow very rapidly, averaging over 20,000 IDN new registrations monthly at www.WEB.VN, and www.TEN.VN portals.

Dot VN was chosen by Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (“VNNIC”) as a strategic partner for IDN registration and the exclusive registrar/manager/marketer for the IDN website application services.  In just three years, since its launch in 2011, the registration of Vietnamese IDN worldwide now has reached over one million domains.  This is more than four times the number of traditional .VN domains, which were allocated over 18 years ago.

In reaching this milestone, VNNIC and Dot VN will have a ceremonial celebration at the Ministry of Information and Communications headquarters in Hanoi, Vietnam on August 25, 2014.  Government dignitaries, the public and press have been invited.  Dot VN will be recognized for this historic national accomplishment.

“Vietnam Internet Network Information Center in partnership with Dot VN is very pleased to achieve this major milestone of registering one million Vietnamese IDNs.  This accomplishment was achieved through innovative technical use of the www.WEB.VN website builder platform services” said Hoang Minh Cuong, Director General of VNNIC.  “We believe that the interest and value of the Vietnamese IDN will further grow within Vietnam and abroad.  With over 95 million people within the Country the registration and use of Vietnamese-language domain name will greatly enhance communications and develop long-term values of Vietnam ethnic and cultural on the Internet.”

Dot VN President Lee Johnson said, “Dot VN has been an effective strategic partner with VNNIC in the development of Vietnam’s Internet for over 13 years with the aim of promoting Vietnamese domains across the globe.  We have utilized all our resources (technical, intellectual, and financial) towards the mission of providing online products and services together with the IDNs to the more than 100 million people worldwide speaking Vietnamese.  We are very happy to have reached our one millionth Vietnamese IDN registered successful, and we are excited to see many of them activated and used daily.  Our hope is to continue to serve the global Vietnamese community and give them the opportunity to use the Internet in their native language.”

“Dot VN working collaboratively with its government partner, VNNIC, is very pleased  to have reached this  historic achievement of registering over one million Vietnamese IDN in just three years.”, said Thomas Johnson, CEO of Dot VN.  “The success of reaching our first million domains was mainly due to a strategic in country marketing effort and our effective online www.WEB.VN registration and website services platform.  This well designed intuitive online portal allows users globally to quickly register their Vietnamese IDN, then use interactive drag and drop tools and user friendly interface to easily create and customize their own websites professionally and publish those websites in hours.  Many domains have been activated and are being used daily by businesses and personal users.  We anticipate generating new revenue streams for Dot VN through affiliated and online advertising partners.”

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The Ceremony of One Millionth Vietnamese Native Language Domain Name Registered Successful.
The celebration was held at the Ministry of Information and Communications Headquarters
in Hanoi (08/25/2014)

(Mic.gov.vn) Afternoon of 25/08/2014, at the headquarters of the Minister of Information and Communications, Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) in collaboration with HI-TEK (DOT VN) held a ceremony to celebrate the milestone of the millionth Vietnamese Native language domain name (IDN) successful registration.

Speaking at the ceremony, the Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Le Nam Thang “Thanked the efforts of VNNIC and HI-TEK (DOT VN) in developing the large number of Vietnamese domain names. The Deputy Minister emphasized, with the number of Vietnamese IDN now over one million, which is a significant result, marked a new development of Vietnam Internet; giving users tools to promote Vietnam's products with pure contents and greatly enhance communications to develop long-term values of Vietnam ethnic and culture on the global Internet.”

Deputy Minister Le Nam Thang “stated in the near future, VNNIC needs to resolve some extended issues and adjust the Vietnamese domain registration fee to avoid domain name speculators, prepare a master plan review and evaluate the five year period from 2011 to 2015, and prepare an action plan for the next stage to improve the quality of IDN services. Looking ahead VNNIC needs to study the collection of IDN registration fees to offset costs for agency management and domain name service provider.

Mr. Ung Hoang Phuong, Managing Director of DOT VN Office in Hanoi, Vietnam sharing programs to celebrate the Vietnamese Native Language Domain reaches 1 Millionth milestone.