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Mental health support has become an increasingly important priority for higher education institutions as universities are expected to provide not only academic opportunities but also psychologically safe, inclusive, and supportive environments. Although Mental Health Literacy (MHL) has been widely recognized as a critical foundation for understanding, recognizing, and responding to mental health needs, limited research has examined how MHL is translated into institutional mental health support outcomes. Drawing on the University Mental Health Charter and implementation science perspectives, this study investigates the relationships among Mental Health Literacy, Enabling Themes (ET), Organizational Implementation Capacity (OIC), and four dimensions of university mental health support: Learn, Live, Work, and Support. Data were collected from 220 lecturers, administrators, specialists, academic advisors, and professional staff across eight Vietnamese higher education institutions. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was employed to examine the direct and indirect relationships among the study variables. The results indicate that MHL is positively associated with both ET and OIC. ET demonstrates significant positive effects on all four outcome domains and significantly mediates the relationships between MHL and Learn, Live, Work, and Support. In contrast, OIC does not demonstrate statistically significant direct or indirect effects on the outcome domains. These findings suggest that enabling institutional conditions, including leadership commitment, policy integration, inclusivity, student participation, organizational cohesiveness, and evidence-informed practice, constitute the primary pathway through which mental health literacy is associated with perceived mental health support outcomes. The study contributes to the university mental health literature by extending MHL beyond an individual-level construct and situating it within an organizational implementation framework. The findings also provide practical insights for universities seeking to strengthen sustainable and institution-wide mental health support systems.