The VinEnergo Energy Joint Stock Company has signed memoranda of understanding to install rooftop solar power systems integrated with battery energy storage systems (BESS) with the VinFast automobile plant and two battery factories in the central province of Ha Tinh.

VOV.VN - Samsung Electronics Vietnam (SEV) on April 24 broke ground on a rooftop solar power project at its factory in Yen Phong Industrial Park of northern Bac Ninh province.

Ho Chi Minh City will invest nearly VND650 billion (over US$25.2 million) to install rooftop solar power systems with a total capacity of over 43MW at 438 public administrative agencies, according to Nguyen Thi Kim Ngoc, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Industry and Trade.

The LEGO Group began testing systems and infrastructure at its new factory on November 6 in the southern province of Binh Duong, the company’s most environmentally sustainable factory to date.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has directed the Ministry of Industry and Trade to gather feedback and finalize a draft decree on encouraging rooftop solar power, for submission to the government for issuance next week.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on August 13 stressed the significance of consistency in the technical approach as well as economic efficacy while developing a decree on mechanisms and policies to develop rooftop solar power.

SK Ecoplant Co, an energy and environmental solutions provider from the Republic of Korea (RoK), said on June 11 that it has completed the installation of rooftop solar panels at Samil Vina plant in the southern province of Dong Nai.

VOV.VN - Automotive manufacturer VinFast of Vietnam and ON Energy Green Energy Joint Stock Company of KTG Group announced the signing of a strategic partnership on May 6 as part of efforts to promote the application of battery energy storage systems (BESS) for rooftop solar power in Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha highlighted the importance of rooftop solar power in ensuring energy security, saying mechanisms and policies are needed to encourage organisations and individuals to invest in solar power.

Leaders of the southern province of Binh Duong, a magnet for foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam, had a meeting with representatives from the German Business Association (GBA) in Vietnam on March 19 to seek ways to expand investment connectivity with nearly 400 German enterprises.