Vietnam iContent Awards 2026 received nominations in four categories: Digital Creator, Digital Product, Community Service, and MCN (Multi-Channel Management Network) of the year, with 13 awards until September 30.
Register for nomination here
This year, Vietnam iContent spreads the spirit of "Living Brilliantly", encouraging KOLs and content creators to live actively and inspire the community, thereby joining hands to contribute to the country's development in the era of advancement.
Vietnam iContent Awards 2026 is divided into 4 categories with 13 awards, targeting individuals and groups of Vietnamese content creators as well as businesses, organizations and media agencies that are legally operating in the domestic market and have outstanding activities, products or communication campaigns as of the time of receiving applications.
Specifically, the Digital Creator category includes five awards: Content Creator of the Year; Content creation organization of the year; Promising content creators; Inspirational content creator; Most loved content creator.
The Digital Products category divided into five prizes: Inspirational Music; Inspirational videos; Inspirational program, Digital entertainment program of the year, Viral short video of the year.
The Community Service category includes two awards: Community Organization; Individual For Community.
The MCN category of the year is a new feature of this year's program, honoring MCNs (Multi-Channel Network), units/enterprises that manage and develop content creators that are registered and operating legally in the Vietnamese market.
The program is open to receive nominations from now until September 30. The form for receiving applications in this round is as follows:
Nomination Organizing Committee: Program implementers proactively nominate individuals or units suitable for each category.
Self-nomination: Individuals and units submit their product nominations via the program's official website. The profile includes a description, images, and video illustrations according to the required information fields on the website.
Individuals, creative groups, units or platforms suitable for each category can nominate themselves through the Vietnam iContent 2026 portal. Candidates can participate in multiple categories at the same time. The organizing committee also announced scoring regulations, rules and regulations so that everyone can easily follow and comply with requirements.
After September 30, the nomination list will be screened and published on the Vietnam iContent portal. From this point on, readers can vote for their favorite candidate. At the same time, the expert council conducts evaluation to select worthy nominees, the results will be announced at the award ceremony scheduled to take place in December this year.
Vietnam iContent is an annual program directed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, jointly organized by the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information, FPT Online and VnExpress. Following the success of the previous two seasons, this year the program returns with an expanded scale and deeper vision. The organizing committee expects the event series to become a bridge between creators, management agencies and businesses, sharing directions, building policies, and exploiting the great potential of the digital content industry in Vietnam.
Last year, the organizers received 120 nominations in three categories, surpassing the 100 nominations in the first season. The registration documents are in many fields such as digital creation, podcast, online video, TV show, soundtrack, social network or Fanpage, partly reflecting the vibrant picture of the digital content industry. After two months, the program recorded a total of 500,000 votes, exceeding the number of 400,000 for the 2024 season. After the preliminary round, 72 candidates entered the final round, most of whom are familiar to the public.
On the awards night, the organizers named 14 titles instead of 11 awards as announced. Among them, three awards appeared for the first time with special meanings: Special Event of the Year, Special Song of the Year, and Breakthrough Innovator. Khoai Lang Thang set a record by winning Content Creator of the Year twice in a row - the most important title of the event.
