Presentation by Nguyen Hong Thang at APRICOT 2017 on Monday, 27 February 2017.

1. 20 years Internet Viet Nam
Think about the I in the Internet
Nguyen Hong Thang
Deputy Director General - VNNIC
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2. Outline
• About “I”
• “I”- Past – 20+ years ago.
• “I”- Present.
• “I”- Future.
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3. Internet: I or i ?
• Internet vs internet (inter-networks)
• vs intranet …
• Internet:
• 45% of misuse overall.
• in the UK with 75% misuse.
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http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2016/04/should-you-capitalize-internet/

4. “I” – 20+ years ago
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5. I or i ?
• Internet or intranet.
• Internet:
• What is benefit ?
• Is it safe ?
• How to protect ?
• What is firewall ?, is it a brick wall with fire ?
• Open or not ?
• When ?
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6. Pioneer.
• Mr. Tran Ba Thai
• IOIT - Institute of IT.
• Chairman of NetNam
• Prof. Rob Hurle –
ANU - Australian National University
• The first pilot Internet connection
• 1992
• between NetNam and ANU.
• via dialup J
• The second pilot Internet connnection.
• 02 x 64 Kbps to Internet Sprintlink (USA)
• by VDC/VNPT
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Source: http://netnam.vn

7. Pioneer.
• Late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet
• 1994:
• The first Prime Minister used e-mail
(vvk@badinh.ac.vn)
• Communicated via e-mail with Mr. Nils
Daniel Carl Bildt - Prime Minister of
Sweden.
• Took very important role to open
Internet in Viet Nam.
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8. I or i. Which did we choose ?
• We chose “I” - Internet.
• November 19th, 1997
• 04 licensed ISPs (VNPT/VDC, Net Nam, FPT, SPT)
• 2 x64 Kbps International via VNPT/VDC
• a temporary Internet regulation.
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9. “I” – Present
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10. Internet user Indicator ?
• #13 in the World. #5 in Asia. #2 in Asean.
• #3 in the top of 20 countries with highest Internet development rate.
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http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users-by-country/
July 1 2016 Estimate
http://data.worldbank.org/

11. Internet user Indicator
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http://wearesocial.com/spec
ial-reports/digital-in-2016

12. Internet Infrastructure Indicator
• International.
• Internal/Inside (Domestic)
• Inter-connect: Viet Nam National
Internet Exchange (VNIX)
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http://vnta.gov.vn; http://vnnic.vn

13. Internet Identification Indicator – Domain .VN
• #1 ASEAN;
• #8 ASIA.
• ~ 400,000.00 .VN ;
website: 61.85% ;
• Growth rate > 11%
• ~ 1 million .VN in
Vietnamese.
• Registry-Registrant ->
• Intermediate
(Registrar)
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Source: VNNIC

14. Internet Identification Indicator – IPv6
• IPv6
• IPv4 or IPv6 ?
• Viet Nam IPv6 day (May 6th)
• Viet Nam IPv6 Launch on
May 6th 2013.
• 800K FTTH users with IPv6.
• IPv6 adoption ~ 6%.
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https://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6/VN

15. Importance factor.
Innovative idealogy of management.
• Management -> Promoting development.
• ICT is the Infrastructure of Infrastructures.
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16. “I”- Future
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17. Opportunities.
• Internet with IPv6.
• IoT
• Implication of the global Internet.
• 50 Billion devices
• $900M in 2015; $3.7B in 2020;
• 32.6% CAGR
• Industry 4.0
• Industry IoT – IIoT
• $110M in 2020
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https://www.forbes.com

18. Challenges
• IoT
• too many standard/protocol
• IP or non IP things?
• IPv6 or not ?
• Interoperability is impossible.
• Insecure, Integrity of data, Incident (DOS, DDOS …), etc.
• Invisible with Internet.
• 99% of things.
• Around 60% of the World population
• ~ 30 million people in Viet Nam still haven’t got Internet access.
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19. Solutions
• Innovative.
• Invent.
• Invest.
• Inter-connect.
• Interoperability.
• Integrated.
• Intelligente.
• …
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Yes, but NOT

20. Solutions
Internet ”=“ I (am)
I (am) “=“ Internet.
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21. Thank you !
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