Kênh 14 is a Vietnamese news website, with a focus on
entertainment
Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and Interest (emotion), interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but it is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have deve ...
and
celebrity
Celebrity is a condition of fame and broad public recognition of a person or group due to the attention given to them by mass media. The word is also used to refer to famous individuals. A person may attain celebrity status by having great w ...
-related topics. The site's content is aimed at younger users - including but not limited to teenagers and students.
Kênh 14 is currently owned by
VCCorp.
Main categories
Kênh 14's main categories include:
*Star
*Musik
*Ciné
*TV Show
*Beauty & Fashion
*Life
*Society
*International news
*Health
*Eating & Traveling
*Sports
*Discovery
*2-Tek
*Cool things
*School
*Watch & Buy
Criticisms
Kênh 14 is considered by many people as a
tabloid site - as most of its published content contains subjective and biased information. According to an article published in ''
Tuổi Trẻ
''Tuổi Trẻ'' ("Youth", or ) is a major daily newspaper in Vietnam, published in Vietnamese by the Hồ Chí Minh City branch of the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union, the youth wing of the Communist Party of Vietnam. While it is still ...
'' newspaper in 2009, the reason was that many of the site's collaborators were still students; hence, they did not have the required
journalism
Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree of accuracy. The word, a noun, applies to the journ ...
skills and ethics.
Many Vietnamese
public figures
A public figure is a person who has achieved fame, prominence or notoriety within a society, whether through achievement, luck, action, or in some cases through no purposeful action of their own.
In the context of defamation actions (libel and s ...
, including MC
Phan Anh
Phan Anh (1912–1990) was a Vietnamese lawyer and politician. He was the Minister of Ministry of Youth in the first cabinet of Empire of Vietnam
The Empire of Vietnam (; Literary Chinese and Japanese language, Contemporary Japanese: ; Japanes ...
,
Hương Tràm,
Phạm Hương,
Đàm Vĩnh Hưng, etc., have been directly or indirectly mentioned by Kênh 14 - in a controversial way. Some of them have threatened to sue the site.
On June 6, 2012, Kênh 14 published an article titled "Tú bà Mỹ Xuân khai thêm hai người đẹp bán dâm" (
Procurer Mỹ Xuân reveals two more beauties involved in prostitution). One of the two characters mentioned in the article was L.N.K. - coincidentally, this was the same as the abbreviation of a Vietnamese actress name,
Lê Ngân Khánh. The next day (June 7), Kênh 14 posted a picture of Khánh's private house to illustrate the topic of the article. On July 12, 2012, Ngân Khánh sued Kênh 14 for implying her participation in
prostitution
Prostitution is a type of sex work that involves engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, no ...
.
On December 26, 2016, Kênh 14 was issued an administrative sanction by the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information with a total fine of VND 80 million - for publishing inappropriate content about actor
Minh Béo.
On March 17, 2021,
Trấn Thành
Huỳnh Trấn Thành (born February 5, 1987) is a Vietnamese comedian, actor and television presenter.
Biography
Trấn Thành was born and raised in Ho Chi Minh City. His father is of Chinese descent from Guangdong and his mother from Tien ...
accused Kênh 14 of misrepresenting his statement to attract views for their article about his movie - ''
Bố già''.
References
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2007 establishments in Vietnam
Vietnamese news websites
Internet in Vietnam
Tabloid journalism