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Energy Readiness in Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City benefits from strong solar resource and active grid expansion, with coal-heavy electricity the central transition lever. Energy in Ho Chi Minh City scores 66/100, placing it in the developing group of the indexed set.

Last updated
2026-05-10
Data year
2025
Module score
66/100

Energy score

Clean-energy readiness, grid resilience, and solar or efficiency opportunity signals.

Energy in Ho Chi Minh City66/100

Energy readiness

66/100

Moderate directional transition score.

Grid adaptation

Growing

Renewable build-out and grid investment are accelerating.

Renewable opportunity

Solar-led

Strong solar resource supports the transition.

Ho Chi Minh City energy data table

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Ho Chi Minh City Energy data table
MetricValueContext
Energy readiness66/100National transition pace shapes the trajectory.
Grid adaptationGrowingStorage and interconnections shape grid plans.
Renewable opportunitySolar-ledResource mix shapes the local transition path.

Energy city comparison

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Energy city comparison table
CityScoreSummary
Ho Chi Minh City (this page)66/100Ho Chi Minh City benefits from strong solar resource and active grid expansion, with coal-heavy electricity the central transition lever.
Oslo95/100Oslo benefits from a near-fully-renewable national grid led by hydropower, supporting deep electrification of mobility and buildings.
Copenhagen94/100Copenhagen has a mature energy-transition profile, with district energy experience and strong climate-adaptation planning.
Zurich92/100Zurich operates with a low-carbon electricity baseline, strong building-efficiency standards, and continuous district-energy investment.
Stockholm92/100Stockholm benefits from a low-carbon national grid and a long-running district energy and biofuel transition.
Vancouver90/100Vancouver operates with a low-carbon electricity baseline led by hydropower, with active building and transport electrification work.
Seattle90/100Seattle operates with a low-carbon electricity baseline led by hydropower, with active building and transport electrification work.
Amsterdam89/100Amsterdam has a clear clean-energy direction with district heat, offshore wind context, and active building-efficiency policy.
Berlin88/100Berlin has strong clean-energy direction supported by national renewable-electricity progress and city-level efficiency programs.
Helsinki88/100Helsinki is moving steadily through heating decarbonization with nuclear and renewable electricity supporting the wider transition.
Wellington88/100Wellington benefits from New Zealand's low-carbon electricity baseline with hydropower and geothermal providing most generation.
Vienna87/100Vienna has strong clean-energy direction supported by national hydropower, mature district-heating, and active building retrofits.
Paris86/100Paris has strong energy-transition direction, with building retrofits and heat adaptation central to its readiness profile.
San Francisco86/100San Francisco operates with active climate policy, a comparatively low-carbon grid, and strong building-efficiency programs.
Auckland86/100Auckland operates with a low-carbon electricity baseline led by hydropower and geothermal generation, with active building-efficiency work.
Montevideo86/100Montevideo benefits from Uruguay's leading renewable-electricity share with wind and hydropower providing most generation.
Singapore85/100Singapore is energy-import dependent but progressing on renewables, regional power imports, and strong building efficiency.
Tokyo84/100Tokyo has strong engineering capacity and resilience discipline, but energy transition is constrained by dense demand and climate stress.
London84/100London has strong clean-energy direction with retrofit-led building strategy, balanced against legacy infrastructure complexity.
Barcelona84/100Barcelona benefits from a strong solar resource, active rooftop programs, and clear urban-energy direction tied to building efficiency.
Munich84/100Munich benefits from active heating and grid-decarbonization work alongside Germany's national renewable transition.
New York82/100New York has serious clean-energy ambition and infrastructure complexity, with resilience shaped by coastal risk and dense demand.
Toronto82/100Toronto benefits from a low-carbon Ontario grid and ongoing building-efficiency efforts, with winter heat as a major energy lever.
Seoul82/100Seoul has strong engineering capacity and a clear energy-transition direction, with grid modernization and building efficiency as central levers.
Milan82/100Milan benefits from a strong national renewable build-out, district heating capacity, and active building-retrofit work supported by EU funds.
Lisbon82/100Lisbon benefits from strong national renewable build-out led by wind and solar, with active building-efficiency activity.
Abu Dhabi82/100Abu Dhabi benefits from exceptional solar resource and one of the world's largest utility-scale solar build-outs supporting clean-energy progress.
Hamburg82/100Hamburg benefits from coastal wind resource and active port and grid decarbonization programs.
Dublin82/100Dublin benefits from Ireland's growing wind capacity and an active building-retrofit and electrification policy.
Shenzhen82/100Shenzhen benefits from rapid EV adoption, active grid modernization, and proximity to renewable manufacturing.
Sydney80/100Sydney is in active energy transition with strong rooftop solar, ongoing grid modernization, and rising heat-driven cooling demand.
Madrid80/100Madrid benefits from strong national renewable build-out and rising solar and efficiency activity in the building sector.
Los Angeles80/100Los Angeles benefits from strong solar resource, ambitious state-level transition policy, and active building and transport electrification.
Brussels80/100Brussels is steadily decarbonising, with national policy momentum and active building-retrofit programs.
Edinburgh80/100Edinburgh benefits from Scotland's strong wind resource and active retrofit and electrification work.
Rio de Janeiro80/100Rio benefits from Brazil's hydropower-led low-carbon grid and active wind and solar build-out.
Hong Kong78/100Hong Kong has solid grid resilience and strong engineering capacity, with transition shaped by import dependence and cooling demand.
Dubai78/100Dubai has very strong solar resource and large-scale renewable projects, balanced by structural cooling demand and resource-import dynamics.
São Paulo78/100São Paulo benefits from a comparatively low-carbon national electricity baseline led by hydropower, with active work on building efficiency and distributed solar.
Santiago78/100Santiago benefits from one of the strongest national solar build-outs globally, with active building and transport electrification work.
Shanghai78/100Shanghai benefits from rapid national renewable build-out, leading EV adoption, and active building-efficiency work.
Taipei78/100Taipei has solid grid reliability with rising renewable build-out and active building and transport electrification work.
Doha78/100Doha benefits from exceptional solar resource and ambitious clean-energy targets supporting renewable build-out and efficiency programs.
Melbourne78/100Melbourne benefits from rapid renewable build-out at the state level, with rising distributed-solar adoption and active building-efficiency work.
Brisbane78/100Brisbane benefits from rapid renewable build-out at the state level and one of the world's highest distributed-solar adoption rates.
Osaka78/100Osaka benefits from active grid modernization and Japan's broader decarbonization policy.
Kyoto78/100Kyoto benefits from active retrofit programs and Japan's broader decarbonization policy.
Tel Aviv78/100Tel Aviv benefits from strong solar resource and active national grid modernization.
Perth78/100Perth benefits from exceptional solar resource and active grid modernization with high household solar adoption.
Nairobi76/100Nairobi benefits from a renewable-heavy national grid led by geothermal and hydro generation, with growing distributed solar adoption.
Rome76/100Rome's energy profile reflects solid Mediterranean solar resource and ongoing national renewable build-out, with building retrofits a focus.
Chicago76/100Chicago has solid grid reliability with strong wind resource in the region and growing building-efficiency activity.
Beijing76/100Beijing benefits from rapid renewable build-out and active grid modernization, with coal-heating transition the central lever.
Riyadh76/100Riyadh benefits from exceptional solar resource and active national renewable build-out under the national transition plan.
Quito76/100Quito benefits from Ecuador's hydropower-led low-carbon electricity baseline and active grid expansion.
Prague74/100Prague's energy profile reflects ongoing transition work, with district heating capacity and rising renewable share at the national level.
Casablanca74/100Casablanca benefits from Morocco's leading solar build-out and active grid modernization.
Panama City74/100Panama City benefits from Panama's hydropower-led electricity baseline and active solar build-out.
Bangkok72/100Bangkok has solid grid reliability with growing renewable build-out and active building-efficiency work in the commercial sector.
Bogotá72/100Bogotá benefits from a renewable-heavy national grid led by hydropower, with active EV-bus deployment and building-efficiency work.
Kuala Lumpur72/100Kuala Lumpur has solid grid reliability with growing solar build-out and active building-efficiency work in the commercial sector.
Addis Ababa72/100Addis Ababa benefits from Ethiopia's hydropower-led low-carbon electricity baseline and active grid expansion.
Mexico City70/100Mexico City has solid grid reliability with growing renewable capacity at the national level and active work on building efficiency.
Cape Town70/100Cape Town has solid renewable potential and active local transition work, balanced by national grid-supply variability.
Warsaw70/100Warsaw's energy profile reflects an active transition with district heating decarbonization and rising renewable share.
Buenos Aires70/100Buenos Aires has solid grid reliability with growing renewable build-out at the national level and active building-efficiency activity.
Lima70/100Lima has solid grid reliability with growing renewable build-out and active building-efficiency work.
Kigali70/100Kigali's energy profile reflects an active transition with growing renewable build-out and rising solar adoption supporting national targets.
Bangalore70/100Bangalore benefits from strong solar resource and active grid expansion, with services-sector demand shaping the transition.
Jakarta68/100Jakarta's energy profile reflects an active transition with growing renewable build-out at the national level and rising efficiency programs.
Cairo68/100Cairo benefits from exceptional solar resource and active national grid modernization.
Manila66/100Manila's energy profile reflects an active transition with growing renewable build-out and rising distributed-solar adoption.
Mumbai66/100Mumbai's energy profile reflects an active national transition with growing renewable build-out and rising distributed-solar adoption.
Delhi66/100Delhi benefits from rapid solar build-out and active grid expansion, with coal-heavy electricity the central transition lever.
Istanbul66/100Istanbul benefits from active national renewable build-out with diverse wind, hydro, and solar resources.
Johannesburg64/100Johannesburg's energy profile reflects an active national transition with rising renewable build-out and ongoing grid-resilience work.
Hanoi64/100Hanoi benefits from active grid expansion and Vietnam's growing renewable build-out.
Lagos60/100Lagos' energy profile reflects an active transition with rising distributed-solar adoption and ongoing grid-modernization work.
Accra60/100Accra benefits from active grid expansion and Ghana's growing renewable build-out, with reliability the central operational lever.

Interpretation

Energy scoring weighs resource context, infrastructure maturity, and adaptation capacity. Across the indexed cities the energy average is 78/100, so Ho Chi Minh City is 12 points below the median. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-10. Drawn from 3 institutional references.

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Sources

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