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Interviews conducted by RECCESSARY with multiple investors and developers found that opaque regulations, limited access to power data, and policy instability remain the biggest obstacles.

Vietnam’s rooftop solar policy is drawing a positive response, with industrial users, businesses and households all reporting tangible benefits.

Vietnam’s power market is moving toward greater liberalization and transparency as the government loosens regulations to let supply and demand play a bigger role in determining electricity prices.

Vietnam’s energy storage sector is drawing growing corporate interest. However, as of early 2025, Vietnam had installed less than 100 MW of BESS, against a revised PDP8 target of 10,000 to 16,300 MW by 2030.

Baker McKenzie advisors say energy and power reliability are now board-level M&A considerations for Taiwanese companies expanding in Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia—with deal structures being rewritten to absorb fuel price volatility.

The IMF warns Asia's oil and gas imports—nearly 4% of GDP—leave the region most exposed to Middle East disruption, with growth potentially falling to 2.4% in a downside scenario.

With the World Bank cutting Thailand's 2026 GDP forecast to 1.3%, PM Anutin is responding with B20 biodiesel at 5 baht/litre below standard diesel, expanded DPPA access for green power, and a 180-day "super licence" to cut business costs.

Malaysia, despite being a net energy exporter, is growing increasingly wary of the ripple effects from rapidly shifting global energy markets.

Indonesia’s plan to export solar power to Singapore has run into obstacles, with several projects showing little progress since companies signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) in 2023.

The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is set to launch an official national reference price for used cooking oil (UCO) in the first quarter of this year, as demand for UCO surges amid expanding biofuel markets.