A new dicationic ring [(water) 6 -(ammonium) 2 ] was found as a building block for a 3D supramolecular assembly of the compound [(CH 3 ) 2 NC 5 H 4 NH] 4 (NH 4 ) 2 [V 10 O 28 ]Á8H 2 O, 1, where (CH 3 ) 2 NC 5 H 4 NH = 4-(N,N-(dimethylamino)pyridinium) (DMAP ? ). The title compound was synthesized and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction at 100 K, infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. Compound 1 crystallizes in space group P-1 in the triclinic system with cell parameters: a = 11.1296(4) Å , b = 11.4790(4) Å , c = 11.8691(4) Å , a = 109.631(1)°, b = 100.601(1)°, c = 92.909(1)°and R(F 2 ) = 0.021. The threedimensional supramolecular structure is driven by intermolecular hydrogen bonds OÁÁÁH-N and OÁÁÁH-O from decavanadate anion with NH 4 ? and [(CH 3 ) 2-NC 5 H 4 NH] ? cations, as well as those formed between water molecules and decavanadate ions. The embedded rings consist of two sets of water-water-waterammonium chains joint together in a twisted chair conformation, in which water-ammonium pairs are at the top and bottom sites. The ring is hydrogen bond stabilized and represents to our knowledge, the first example of building block with this composition for a supramolecular structure to be reported.