IRENA: Viet Nam’s solar capacity reached 19,252 MW at end-2025

On 16 April 2026, pv magazine International cited the International Renewable Energy Agency’s Renewable capacity statistics 2026, reporting that Viet Nam’s cumulative solar capacity reached 19,252 MW by the end of 2025.

The content below is summarized from the cited sources.

According to the article, the 19,252 MW total reflects a 586 MW increase during 2025. The increase was higher than the 79 MW added in 2024, but lower than the almost 1.6 GW increase in 2023, based on IRENA database figures cited by pv magazine.

IRENA’s publication was released in March 2026 and presents renewable power generation capacity statistics for 2016-2025. The figures refer to installed capacity, not daily or monthly electricity output.

Main source: IRENA Renewable capacity statistics 2026. Reference news source: pv magazine International.