Speaking to reporters on Friday, Deputy General Director of the Vietnam Electricity Vo Quang Lam said Vietnam could become the world’s solar powerhouse when a number of projects will be operational in the near future: "As of May 30, 47 solar power projects with a total capacity of 3,200 MW were connected to the national grid. By the late June, other 49 projects with a capacity of 2,600MW will be put into operation which means we have approximately 5,000 MW in a short time. The EVN has signed power purchasing contracts with 200 investors, set up working groups in the regions with solar power projects: south-central, central highlands, and southwestern region. We have set up a website to enable investors to closely follow the development of solar power projects.”

Mr. Lam said Vietnam will take a number of measures to avoid system overloads and invest more in transformers and networks.