Vietnam has more than 134,000 rooftop solar systems, but selling electricity still faces hurdles in licensing and transaction procedures. Bitexco said rooftop solar under 1 MW selling directly through private lines is exempt from a power generation licence but not from distribution and retail licences, and proposed synchronized licence exemptions for these stages if capacity thresholds set by the Government are met, while stressing that exemption does not mean exemption from technical, safety and liability obligations. Nguyen Xuan Quy, vice chairman of the Vietnam Clean Energy Association, said Decree 243/2026/NĐ-CP raised the share of surplus rooftop solar that can be sold to the grid from 20% to up to 50%, but unstandardized procedures and anti-reverse-flow devices installed on many systems mean part of the surplus goes unused. According to EVN, by the end of August the country had 134,410 systems with total installed capacity of over 11,450 MWp. The Ministry of Industry and Trade said it had accepted adding a provision assigning the Government to determine cases exempt from electricity activity licences.
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| P/E | 10.9 |
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| Industry | Electrical Components & Equipment |
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