Vote for the Vietnam iContent Awards 2026 here.

The Vietnam iContent Awards 2026 has opened its voting portal, allowing the public to select outstanding individuals and organizations from the past year. Voting runs from 8/10 to 28/10. According to the organizing committee, the results of the voting round will be determined by 50% reader votes and 50% jury evaluation scores.

All nominees meeting the criteria are published on the program's website. To participate in voting, readers must have a MyVnE account. Each account can cast a maximum of one vote per award category.

The interface for the Vietnam iContent Awards 2026 voting round. *Screenshot*

This year's awards, themed "Vibrant Living", received 300 nominations. After a rigorous selection process, over 175 nominees advanced to the next round, distributed across four categories and 13 awards. The organizing committee will honor Vietnamese individuals and content creation groups, as well as businesses, organizations, and media agencies legally operating in the domestic market that have notable activities, products, or communication campaigns up to the nomination deadline.

Specifically, the Digital Creator category includes five awards: Content Creator of the Year, Content Creation Organization of the Year, Promising Content Creator, Inspirational Content Creator, and Most Loved Content Creator.

The Digital Product category features five awards: Inspirational Music, Inspirational Video, Inspirational Program, Digital Entertainment Program of the Year, and Viral Short Video of the Year.

The Community Contribution category comprises two awards: Community-Focused Organization and Community-Focused Individual.

A new addition this year is the MCN of the Year category, which recognizes MCNs (multi-channel networks) – entities or businesses that manage and develop content creators registered and legally operating in the Vietnamese market.

Khoai Lang Thang received the "Content Creator of the Year" award at the Vietnam iContent Awards 2025. *Photo: Quynh Tran*

The Vietnam iContent Awards is an annual awards ceremony directed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, and jointly organized by the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information, FPT Online, and VnExpress.

One of the accompanying activities for Vietnam iContent 2026 is the reality show "Sao Chon", which airs from late September to the end of November, every sunday at 9 p.m. on the program's website, VnExpress's YouTube channel, and at 8:40 p.m. on VTV8. With the message "Tens of thousands of miles of Vietnam - Tens of thousands of vibrant flavors", the program consists of 10 episodes featuring nearly 30 artists and key opinion leaders (KOLs).

In parallel with the Vietnam iContent Awards 2026, readers can participate in the "Vibrant Living" writing contest. This competition invites participants to share authentic, inspiring stories that collectively depict a breakthrough and vibrant map of Vietnam. The contest is open to Vietnamese citizens living, studying, or working domestically and internationally, as well as foreign nationals legally residing in Vietnam. Individuals or groups of authors can participate.

The judging panel for the Vietnam iContent Awards 2026. *Photo: Organizing Committee*

The main event is scheduled for 11/12 in TP HCM, concluding the series of activities for Vietnam iContent 2026. Workshops and forums will provide a platform for regulatory bodies, platforms, businesses, and hundreds of creators to share insights, discuss new trends, and find common ground for the sustainable development of the domestic digital content industry.

Lam Anh