Netnam was founded in 1994 by the Institute of Information Technology, a pioneer of the Internet in Việt Nam. At the outset Netnam provided E-mail and other bulletin board system services to customers. Other Internet services (WWW, FTP, Telnet, etc) became available in 1997. Its main goal today is to promote research and to provide academic and development assistance in networking and information sharing to the Vietnamese community through the use of sustainable technologies. Netnam is based on modern self-sustainable networking technologies with open and standard based architecture. It is heterogeneous and multivendored to ensure maximum connectivity to the other networks, both in the country and around the world. Different networking protocols have been researched and deployed (via LAN, leased lines, PSTN lines, wireless) to provide easy, affordable access to the system. The main hubs of Netnam are in Hà Nội and Hồ Chí Minh City.