The invention provides a vacuum membrane distillation water-treatment plant utilizing solar energy or waste heat, which belongs to the field of water treatment. The vacuum membrane distillation water-treatment plant comprises a membrane module, a distillation box, a cooling cylinder, a vacuum pump, a control system and a circulating system. The invention uses a vacuum membrane distillation method which has the separation principle that hot raw water to be treated passes through one side of the separation membrane, and the other side is vacuumized so as to form transfer vapor pressure difference on the two sides of the membrane; and the vacuum side only generates water vapor, and the water vapor is condensed into drinking water, thereby separating and purifying the raw water. The invention utilizes cheap energy sources, such as solar energy, low-grade waste heat and afterheat, or the like, and can recycle latent heat of condensation, thereby reducing the energy consumption. The vacuum membrane distillation water-treatment plant has the advantages of simple structure, small occupied area, low cost, high desalination rate, large membrane flux and the like, and can be operated continuously and realize automatic control.