What Kenh14 does

Kenh14 is a Vietnamese-language online entertainment and social news portal operated by Công ty Cổ phần VCCorp, a privately-held Vietnamese media company. The platform serves a horizontal Vietnamese general audience with daily content across entertainment and celebrity news, cinema, music, beauty and fashion, lifestyle, social issues, health, technology, education, sports, and world news. Content is distributed free of charge to consumers across articles, video, eMagazine long-form features, and live streaming, and the site is actively publishing editorial content as of June 2026.

The product surface is multi-platform and multi-format. Core properties include the main website at kenh14.vn, a dedicated video platform at video.kenh14.vn featuring ShowLive streaming, an eMagazine section for in-depth editorial content, and branded verticals such as Star, Ciné, Musik, Beauty & Fashion, Money.14 (finance), ID.14, and Tek-life (technology). Native mobile applications are available on iOS and Android, and the company maintains an official Facebook fanpage (K14vn) for social engagement. The technology stack is described as a Vietnamese online news portal with multimedia content including video streaming, eMagazine, and interactive features, with no public-facing API, SDK, or MCP server disclosed.

The business model is advertising-supported and free to the end user. There is no subscription, paywall, or disclosed pricing model; revenue is generated through advertising sales, with advertising operations handled through the related entity admicro.vn (contact: [email protected]). The company operates exclusively within Vietnam, with headquarters in Hanoi (Hapulico Complex, Thanh Xuân) and a regional office in Ho Chi Minh City. Ownership remains with VCCorp, with no disclosed external investors, private equity backing, funding history, M&A activity, or regulatory actions in available sources. Reported headcount is 51-100 employees.

Name

Kenh14

Legal name

Công ty Cổ phần VCCorp

Website

https://kenh14.vn

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Kenh14 is a Vietnamese-language online entertainment and social news portal serving general Vietnamese audiences with celebrity, lifestyle, sports, finance, and tech content distributed via web, mobile apps, video, and social media under an advertising-supported free model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ho Chi Minh City

HQ country

Vietnam

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Kenh14.vn is a Vietnamese online entertainment and social news portal that publishes articles, videos, and digital magazine content covering celebrity news, cinema, music, beauty and fashion, lifestyle, money, society, health, technology, education, and sports. The platform distributes free content to Vietnamese consumers via its website, a dedicated video platform (video.kenh14.vn) including ShowLive live streaming, eMagazine long-form publications, and native iOS and Android mobile applications. Revenue is generated through advertising displayed alongside the free content.

Product overview

Kenh14.vn is a comprehensive Vietnamese online entertainment and social news platform operated by VCCorp. The platform offers a multi-section architecture covering Star (celebrity news), Ciné (films), Musik (music), Beauty & Fashion, Đời sống (lifestyle), Money.14 (finance), Xã hội (society), Sức khỏe (health), Tek-life (technology), Học đường (education), Sport, and more. Core offerings include the main news website (kenh14.vn), a dedicated video platform (video.kenh14.vn) with ShowLive streaming, eMagazine for long-form editorial content, ID.14 celebrity identity features, and mobile applications for iOS and Android. The platform distributes content across multiple formats including articles, videos, and interactive features.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Star: Celebrity news and entertainment content section
• Ciné
• Musik
• Beauty & Fashion
• Money.14
• eMagazine
• ID.14
• ShowLive

Products and services

• Kenh14.vn Main News Platform Vietnamese-language online news portal providing free articles and multimedia content on celebrity news, cinema, music, beauty and fashion, lifestyle, finance, society, health, technology, education, sports, and world news. Targeted at Vietnamese general-audience readers.
• Kenh14 Video Platform (video.kenh14.vn) Dedicated video portal integrated with Kenh14, hosting video articles, original video content, and ShowLive live streaming for Vietnamese viewers.
• Kenh14 eMagazine Digital magazine publication on Kenh14 delivering themed long-form editorial articles and in-depth features on entertainment, lifestyle, and social topics for Vietnamese readers.
• Kenh14 Mobile Application (iOS and Android) Native mobile applications for iOS (App Store) and Android (Google Play) that let Vietnamese users access Kenh14 articles, videos, and live streams on mobile devices.
• Money.14 Dedicated finance and money content section within Kenh14 covering personal finance, investments, the gold market, and economic topics for Vietnamese consumers.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Thanh Niên: Major Vietnamese online newspaper targeting younger demographics with entertainment and lifestyle coverage; directly comparable in content mix and target audience to Kenh14.
• Báo Lao Động: Vietnamese online newspaper with broad society, lifestyle, and entertainment coverage; serves a comparable Vietnamese mass-market audience via an ad-supported model similar to Kenh14.
• Dân Trí: One of Vietnam's highest-traffic online newspapers with strong entertainment, society, and lifestyle sections; competes for the same Vietnamese mass-market reader and advertising budgets as Kenh14.
• VietnamNet: Established Vietnamese online news outlet covering politics, society, and lifestyle; competes with Kenh14 for Vietnamese readers and digital advertising spend.
• VnExpress: Vietnam's largest online newspaper covering news, entertainment, and lifestyle; directly competes with Kenh14 for advertising budgets and Vietnamese mass-market audiences, particularly in entertainment and lifestyle verticals.
• Tuổi Trẻ Online: Online edition of a major Vietnamese newspaper offering news, lifestyle, and entertainment content; comparable to Kenh14 in audience profile and ad-supported digital news model.
• Zing News: Vietnamese digital news portal operated under the same VCCorp parent as Kenh14; offers overlapping entertainment and lifestyle coverage and shares advertising infrastructure, making it the closest internal comparable.

Broad incumbents

• BuzzFeed: Global entertainment and lifestyle publisher with similar celebrity, pop-culture, and list-driven editorial approach; serves as a Western benchmark for an ad-supported entertainment news brand of Kenh14's archetype.

Others

• Cốc Cốc: Vietnamese search browser and content portal with a built-in news aggregation and entertainment surface; adjacent to Kenh14 as a competitor for Vietnamese user attention and as a potential advertising and traffic channel.

Regional players

• Pops Worldwide: Vietnamese-founded digital entertainment platform focused on short-form video and original content; competes for the same young Vietnamese video audience that Kenh14 targets with its ShowLive and video.kenh14.vn offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/K14vn
• Xx.com/k14vn
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kenh14vn

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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