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<p>Vietnam has developed a national network of marine protected areas (MPAs) to conserve its marine biodiversity, but the network remains small and its management effectiveness is uneven. This review synthesises peer-reviewed literature and policy documents on Vietnam’s MPAs, drawing on Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar together with Vietnamese government and institutional sources. Of the 16 MPAs designated under the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 742/QD-TTg (2010), 12 are currently operational, covering about 1,803.96 km2, less than 0.2% of the country’s domestic waters and far below the Kunming–Montreal target of protecting 30% of marine areas by 2030. Reported ecological outcomes are inconsistent: some sites show habitat recovery while others record declining coral cover and fish abundance, and weak enforcement, limited management capacity, and fragmented long-term monitoring constrain any robust assessment of effectiveness, leaving a persistent gap between designation and demonstrable conservation outcomes. In 2024, Decision No. 389/QD-TTg expanded the planned network to 27 MPAs, signalling renewed policy ambition. We appraise the status and effectiveness of Vietnam’s operational MPAs, their socioeconomic and governance context, and the implications of the planned expansion, and identify the priorities (standardised management-effectiveness evaluation, stronger enforcement legislation, sustainable financing and network-based planning) needed to align that ambition with measurable outcomes.</p>

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Marine protected areas in Vietnam: a literature review and policy synthesis

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    2026年7月31日

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  • Bijeesh Kozhikkodan Veettil,
  • Ramond D. ward,
  • Aline da Silva Cerqueira,
  • Le Doan Dung,
  • Vikram Puri

摘要

Vietnam has developed a national network of marine protected areas (MPAs) to conserve its marine biodiversity, but the network remains small and its management effectiveness is uneven. This review synthesises peer-reviewed literature and policy documents on Vietnam’s MPAs, drawing on Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar together with Vietnamese government and institutional sources. Of the 16 MPAs designated under the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 742/QD-TTg (2010), 12 are currently operational, covering about 1,803.96 km2, less than 0.2% of the country’s domestic waters and far below the Kunming–Montreal target of protecting 30% of marine areas by 2030. Reported ecological outcomes are inconsistent: some sites show habitat recovery while others record declining coral cover and fish abundance, and weak enforcement, limited management capacity, and fragmented long-term monitoring constrain any robust assessment of effectiveness, leaving a persistent gap between designation and demonstrable conservation outcomes. In 2024, Decision No. 389/QD-TTg expanded the planned network to 27 MPAs, signalling renewed policy ambition. We appraise the status and effectiveness of Vietnam’s operational MPAs, their socioeconomic and governance context, and the implications of the planned expansion, and identify the priorities (standardised management-effectiveness evaluation, stronger enforcement legislation, sustainable financing and network-based planning) needed to align that ambition with measurable outcomes.