Today’s guest is Mai Nguyen, a civil engineer by training who has studied and worked around the world and is currently based in Vietnam.

Mai is, in her own words, an entrepreneur, a sustainability/ESG/climate resilience advisor, an occasional investor, and a work-in-progress creator. I first came across her thanks to a recent Mekong Eye article about Vietnamese architects designing climate-friendly homes for the local context.

Her diverse interests are evident through our conversation, which covers the importance of generational local knowledge to resilience, the opportunities and challenges of inclusive urban planning, Vietnam’s struggle to build affordable housing, and her hope of using urban art to drive conversations about resilience and climate.

Learn more about Mai’s work and get in touch through her website.

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