Sort of. The original team behind the site reportedly disbanded. However, copycats and "successor" sites (with names like NetTruyen Plus, NetTruyen ID, NetTruyenZZ) popped up within days. But none replicated the original’s database quality or community feel.

As of late 2025, the original Nettruyen—the one you remember—is effectively dead. What remains are clones with aggressive pop-up ads, missing chapters, and broken comment sections.

In early 2024, the Vietnamese government launched a coordinated effort under Decree 17/2023/ND-CP, which strengthens digital copyright enforcement. ISPs were ordered to block not just domains but entire IP ranges associated with repeat infringers.

Nettruyen’s latest main domain, nettruyen.vn, was hit in March 2024. This time, the admins seemed exhausted.

Because Nettruyen operated outside the law, its life was a constant game of "whack-a-mole" with authorities.

At its core, Nettruyen (often stylized as NetTruyen) is a Vietnamese manga aggregator site. Launched in the early 2010s, it allowed users to read thousands of manga titles—from One Piece and Naruto to obscure isekai webtoons—for free, without an account.

But calling it just an “aggregator” undersells it. Nettruyen’s interface was clean, fast, and mobile-friendly before that was the industry standard. Chapters updated within hours of Japanese or Korean releases. The comment section was legendary—a chaotic blend of memes, passionate debates, and spoiler warnings.

With Nettruyen gone, three things happened:

Nettruyen was never supposed to last forever. It was a pirate ship sailing in gray waters. But for a generation of Vietnamese readers, it was home. It taught us that manga could be more than ink on paper—it could be a shared, living conversation.

So pour one out for the old green-and-white interface. For the comment section wars over power levels. For the late-night refreshes waiting for a new chapter.

Nettruyen is gone. But the community it built? We’re still here. And we’re still reading.

Did you grow up reading manga on Nettruyen? What was the first series you finished on the site? Let us know in the comments (or on the site’s spiritual successor—wherever that may be today).