Hanoi, Dec. 10 -- Vietnam has the capacity, ambition and technological foundation to join the group of leading sustainable coastal urban nations in the coming decade, experts said at a dialogue on "advancing to the sea with ESG++ megacities: breakthroughs through green technology", held on December 9 in Hanoi by the Vietnam Institute for Real Estate Studies (VIRES).

VIRES Director Bui Van Doanh highlighted that global successes from New York, Tokyo Bay, Singapore Marina Bay to Dubai and Incheon show that advancing to the sea is a future-shaping strategy rooted in science, technology, planning and environmental governance, not experimentation.

According to Doanh, Can Gio possesses distinctive advantages with unique mangrove ecology, rich...