Ministry of Industry and Trade: Notice of rooftop solar power installation for management, not 'asking

Photo caption — Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan chaired the press conference.

Responding to press questions about the development of rooftop solar power, at the regular press conference for the third quarter of 2025 organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade on the afternoon of October 8, Mr. Bui Quoc Hung, Deputy Director of the Electricity Department, said that rooftop solar power is self-produced and self-consumed, people only sell the surplus electricity to the national grid (if any). For households in remote areas, islands without national grid electricity, they can use it independently, without notification.

As for the majority of households currently using rooftop solar power, they must go through the national grid, first buying electricity through Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) to serve their daily life and are customers of EVN.

According to Mr. Hung, solar power only operates during the day, especially at noon, while in the evening or when there is no sunlight, households still use electricity from the national grid. Therefore, the announcement helps the electricity industry have a basis to balance and ensure stable supply.

“This is a notice, not a mechanism that requires registration or requesting, but only requires notifying the local Department of Industry and Trade or the local electricity unit to grasp information on capacity and usage needs to regulate the balance of electricity supply and demand appropriately. Compared to the old regulations, the new mechanism will be much more convenient,” Mr. Hung emphasized.

Mr. Hung also informed that the Ministry of Industry and Trade is currently drafting and submitting to the Government for promulgation a new decision to encourage the development of rooftop solar power, with favorable mechanisms and simplified administrative procedures. It is expected that people can get preferential loans from the Social Policy Bank with an interest rate of about 7%/year, with an additional support of 2-3 million VND if they invest in the project. At the same time, there will be a mechanism to allow selling surplus electricity to the grid.

Regarding this issue, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan said that the adjusted Power Plan VIII sets an important goal that by 2030, 50% of Vietnamese households will install rooftop solar power for self-production and self-consumption. "The Industry and Trade sector is very eager to develop rooftop solar power and there is no reason to make it difficult," Deputy Minister Tan affirmed.

According to the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, regarding this matter, the Ministry has assigned the Electricity Department to review Decree 58/2025 guiding the Electricity Law on the development of renewable energy and new energy to simplify procedures.

“The target of developing rooftop solar power has been clearly stated in the planning, striving to reach 50%. Therefore, there is no reason for the industry and trade sector to set up difficult procedures to limit this type,” the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade affirmed.

According to the Deputy Minister, the notification requirement is only to help the electricity industry grasp the capacity to balance the electricity supply reasonably, not a form of "asking - giving". Current procedures have been designed simply. The electricity industry is a specialized technical field, so there needs to be a team of consultants and installation units to support people with parameters and implementation instructions.

The Ministry is also directing localities to increase propaganda and support households, while continuing to review and further simplify procedures.

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