National target 5 covers many aspects of GBF Target 5, as follows:

• Sustainable use and harvesting: fishing capacity caps and restructuring, prohibited gear, seasonal and area-based restrictions (Decision 389), and science-based non-detriment criteria for exploiting endangered species (Circular 85).
• Legal: quantified enforcement targets (100% of reports received, >90% resolved, 100% of cases prosecuted) (Decision 1623), CITES permitting and facility registration (Circular 85), and inter-agency and international enforcement networks (Decision 149).
• Safe, and reducing the risk of pathogen spillover: covered - the "One Health" approach (Decision 149), health screening of wildlife imports (Decision 1623), and quarantine, isolation, veterinary-sanitation and biosafety requirements for breeding, conservation and rescue facilities (Circular 85).
• Preventing overexploitation: fleet and workforce reduction, aquatic resource protection areas, time-limited fishing bans and protection of breeding grounds and juvenile congregation areas (Decisions 389, 2773 and 1539).
• Minimizing impacts on non-target species and ecosystems: prohibition of destructive gear and methods (Decision 389) and the requirement that exploitation methods not harm other individuals, habitats or natural population structure (Circular 85).
• Applying the ecosystem approach: covered - fisheries protection and coastal planning follow an ecosystem-based approach and maintain ecosystem recovery capacity (Decisions 389, 1117 and 1539).
• Respecting and protecting customary sustainable use by indigenous peoples and local communities is reflected in co-management and community-participatory management of aquatic resources (Decision 1539) and in community interests and gender equality in the use of aquatic resources (Decision 389).

References:

Circular No. 85/2025/TT-BNNMT dated 31 December 2025 on the management of threatened species, common forest animals and the implementation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (in Vietnamese).  https://chinhphu.vn/?pageid=27160&docid=216525

Decision No. 149/QD-TTg dated 28 January 2022 approving the National Biodiversity Strategy to 2030, with a vision to 2050 (in Vietnamese). https://vanban.chinhphu.vn/?pageid=27160&docid=205263

Decision No. 389/QD-TTg dated 9 May 2024 approving the Master Plan for protection and exploitation of fisheries resources for 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050 (in Vietnamese). https://vanban.chinhphu.vn/?pageid=27160&docid=210213

Decision No. 2773/QD-BNN-KN dated 9 August 2024 promulgating the list of fishery resource protection areas (in Vietnamese). https://thuvienphapluat.vn/van-ban/Linh-vuc-khac/Quyet-dinh-2773-QD-BNN-KN-2024-Danh-muc-khu-bao-ve-nguon-loi-thuy-san-627231.aspx

Decision No. 1539/QD-TTg dated 10 December 2024 approving the Scheme on expanding and establishing new marine protected areas and fisheries resource protection zones and restoring marine ecosystems to 2030, in order to ensure that marine and coastal protected areas cover 6 percent of Viet Nam's natural marine area (in Vietnamese). https://chinhphu.vn/?pageid=27160&docid=211963&classid=0