HANOI: As electricity demand surges, particularly during the hot season, Vietnam is stepping up efforts to promote rooftop solar power as a practical solution to ensure energy security, improve efficiency and ease pressure on the national grid, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.
The issuance of Directive No. 10/CT-TTg by the Prime Minister is an important policy framework for ministries, localities, businesses and households to save energy while accelerating the development of rooftop solar systems.
The directive comes in the first year of the 2026-2030 socio-economic development plan, which sets ambitious growth targets and, in turn, raises electricity demand.
Meanwhile, global energy markets remain volatile, adding to supply risks.
To address these challenges, the directive outlines six key tasks, focussing on demand-side management, efficient energy use and the expansion of self-distributed renewable energy.
Localities have moved quickly to translate the directive into action.
Vice Chairman of the Thanh Hoa provincial People’s Committee Mai Xuan Liem said authorities have assigned specific responsibilities to relevant agencies and are developing detailed implementation plans.
The province is also drafting a programme on efficient energy use for 2026-2030, prioritising rooftop solar installations at public offices while encouraging households to participate.
The coordinated rollout of such measures can help reduce peak load, optimise system operations and limit the need for costly investment in new power sources, especially as baseload capacity cannot be expanded rapidly.
Flexible load management and closer coordination with the power sector are also being promoted. - Bernama-VNA
