The concept of sustainability was first introduced a few decades ago, and it has gradually become the primary concern of many nations and firms around the world. Sustainability is a broad concept that encompasses three pillars, namely, economic, social, and environmental, represented as profit, people, and nature. It implies that firms can only sustainably develop if they grow without compromising the benefits of their stakeholders. Thus, this study aims to identify, through the participatory approach and the Delphi method, an appropriate set of sustainability indicators to strategically evaluate Hai Phong port's sustainable development achievements. The paper will critically review past studies on port sustainable development to find the most frequently used indicators for assessing port sustainability. These indicators vary because of the availability of data and the researcher's perceived level of importance given to each indicator. Finally, we employ the Delphi method to narrow down the initial set of sustainability indicators based on consensus on the importance of indicators and availability of data among experts. Some indicators that are not important and statistical data unavailable are eliminated. Therefore, the final set includes all crucial indicators for evaluating the sustainability of Hai Phong seaports with collected data.

Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Port sustainable development
3. Seaport sustainability assessment indicators
4. The Delphi method
5. The procedure of selecting sustainability evaluating indicators with the Delphi method
6. Result discussion
7. Conclusion
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• Thanh-Trung VU(Dept. of Economics, Vietnam Maritime University)
• Thi-Thu-Hang DOAN(Dept. of Economics, Vietnam Maritime University) Corresponding author