The model offers a compact, easy-to-install, and cost-efficient alternative to traditional rooftop solar. Under the BSS4VN project, approximately 100 balcony solar systems are planned for installation in Ho Chi Minh City between June 2025 and April 2027 to support urban energy. GIZ and Phuc Khang Corporation has launched Vietnam's first balcony solar program in Ho Chi Minh City, targeting 100 units by April 2027. Image Credit/Source: Solar BK The first. A new project promoting compact solar energy systems for households was officially launched this week in HCM City, marking a step forward in Việt Nam's transition to cleaner and more sustainable urban energy. The launch of the Balcony Solar Systems for Việt Nam project. — Photo courtesy of GIZ HCM. The project aims to effectively harness the potential of rooftop solar energy in the city to increase the use of clean energy, contributing to reducing greenhouse gas and CO2 emissions, and heat radiation for buildings, towards realising the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, as committed by. Vietnam's first solar-powered balcony system will be trialed at a residential building in Ho Chi Minh City, developers announced on Thursday at the launch of the 'Balcony Solar System for Vietnam (BSS4VN)' initiative. The launching ceremony for the pilot of Vietnam's first balcony solar power. The German Development Agency (GIZ), in partnership with Phuc Khang Investment & Construction Corporation and several private-sector partners, launched a new solar power initiative in Ho Chi Minh City on June 19. As businesses navigate rising energy costs and increasing environmental responsibility, finding cost-effective and eco-friendly power solutions becomes paramount.