Does vietnam.vn block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
vietnam.vn blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from vietnam.vn/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 6 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 12
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#3,451)
Can AI assistants cite vietnam.vn?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
vietnam.vn opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Apple, Common Crawl, ByteDance. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on vietnam.vn |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Allowed |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Allowed |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Allowed |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Allowed |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Allowed |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Blocked |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Blocked |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How vietnam.vn compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; vietnam.vn is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; vietnam.vn is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; vietnam.vn does not.
- Among 114 sites of similar popularity, 24% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Allow: / Allow: /ads.txt Disallow: /search Disallow: /*/search User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Allow: / User-agent: Claude-SearchBot Allow: / User-agent: Claude-User Allow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
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Does vietnam.vn block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, vietnam.vn's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from vietnam.vn?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does vietnam.vn have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at vietnam.vn/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: vietnam.vn's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.