THESIS FORMAT

1. Primary components of a thesis

Title Page: Including the primary cover and the secondary cover (appendix 1 and 2)
Acknole!gments: should be in 1 page
Ta"le of #ontents: should be in 2 pages (see more in appendix 3)
$ist of Ta"les
$ist of Fig%res: picture(s), outline(s), diagram(s), graph(s), and map(s)
$ist of A""re&iations
$ist of Appen!ices (if needed)
A"stract (if needed)
Primary components of a thesis'
#hapter 1. Intro!%ction
1.1 ationale of the !tudy
1.2 "b#ectives of the !tudy
1.3 esearch $uestion(s)
1.% !cope of the study
#hapter (. $iterat%re Re&ie
2.1& 'hat (e )no( about the research $uestion(s) and related issues from
the literature
2.2 * 'hat (e do not )no( about the research $uestion(s) and related
issues from the literature
#hapter ). Metho!ology
3.1 +ata, information that (ill be needed
3.2 'here the data, information can be obtained
3.3 -o( the data, information can be obtained
3.% -o( the data, information (ill be analy.ed

#hapter *. Fin!ings an! +isc%ssions
%.1 /indings
%.2 +iscussions of /indings

#hapter ,. #oncl%sions an! Implications of Fin!ings
References
Appen!ices
(.( Format of the st%!y
(.(.1 0hesis analysis should be from 12 to 32 pages. 4ach part (ill be started in a ne( page.
0he heading should be ordered and leveled by number (for example: 1& called first
level5 1.1& called second level5 1.1.1& called third level5 and 1.1.1.2 & called fourth
level. It should not excess fourth level of headings. 0he analysis should come before
the table.
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(.(.( $ang%age' 4nglish (ill be used for the thesis (riting.
(.(.) Paper' 0he (hite paper (ith a si.e of 6% (ill be used for one side printing. +iagrams
and pictures should be printed in a special paper. 0he other special presentations such
as maps and balance sheet accounting should be folded to fit (ith the si.e of 6%
paper.
(.(.* Margins'

0op: 1,27 (3 cm) 8ottom: 1.27 (3 cm)
9eft: 1,27 (3 cm) ight: 2,37 (2 cm)
(.(., Font' /ont of 0imes :e( oman and font si.e of 1% (ill be used for thesis (riting.
0he title of part 1, 2, 3 and % (ill be capital letters and bold5 its first and second level
headings (ill be letters and bold5 and its third level headings (ill be letter, bold, and
italic. "ther heading levels (ill be typical typing.
(.(.- Page n%m"ers' 0hesis must be numbered. It (ill be number by letters (i, ii, iii;) in
all parts excepting the content of part 1, 2, 3 and %. <osition of page number (ill be in
bottom and right.
(.(.. $ine spacing' It (ill be 1.= single lines for content of analysis. 0he space bet(een
part headings and the first level headings is 3 single lines. 0he space bet(een ending
of any analyses and the next heading is 2 single lines. 0he space before and after
tables and diagrams; (ill be 2 single lines. 0he space bet(een t(o references is 1
single line.
(.(./ 0%m"er of har! copy: 3 (ith hard cover or soft cover
(.(.1 Ta"les an! fig%res
It (ill be numbered by number of each part (ith explanation(s) if needed. /or
example:
0able 2.3 (ill be the second table in <art 2
0able 3.3 (ill be the third table in <art 3
0he title of tables (ill be before content
0he title of figures (ill be after content

(.(.12 $iterat%re cites
a. #iting from 1 a%thor 3can "e applie! for citing from co4a%thor or more than to
a%thors5
/or example:
6ccording to /riberg (2222), the participant of ethnic is limited;.
"r : 0he participant of ethnic is limited; (/riberg, 2222)
". #iting from co4a%thor' %sing con6%nction to connect "eteen to a%thors
/or example:
avallion and >an de 'alle (2223) conducted a study of agricultural land allocation
in >ietnam.
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"r 6gricultural land allocation in >ietnam is;;;(avallion and >an de 'alle,
2223)
c. #iting from more than to a%thors
It is needed to (rite the first author and (ording of ?et al7 and follo(ing by year
/or example:
;.. business environment in >ietnam;.. (0enev et all, 2223)
!. #iting from !ifferent references an! !ifferent a%thors
6ll authors must be (ritten and separated by ?57
/or example:
In the !outh of >ietnam;;;.(+o and Iyer 22235 9uong and @nger 1AAA5 Barsh
and Bac6ulay 22225 avallion and >an de 'alle, 2221, 2223)
e. #iting from %n4original a%thor 3this form sho%l! not "e enco%rage!5
/or example:
!amuelson (1A13) found;.. (as cited in :guyen >an 6n, 1AAA).
:ote: :guyen >an 6n must be in the literature cites
f. 9iterature cites should be divided into 2 groups namely >ietnamese and 4nglish. It
(ill be ordered by a, b, c and by given name if >ietnamese reference and by last
name,family name if 4nglish reference.
g. 7ook cite
0ran >an +at (2222), 0he +evelopment of ice <roduction in >ietnam. 6gricultural
<ublishing -ouse, -anoi.
:guyen 0hi Huong (222A) ;;
h. #hapter cite
0ran +uc >ien, <ham 0ien +ung, and :guyen 0hanh 9am (2223) ?4xperiment of
;.7, chapter 21, in ; & name of book . 0ran +uc >ien, 6. 0erry. ambo, and :guyen
0hanh 9am. 6gricultural <ublishing -ouse, -anoi.
i. Paper cite
/or example:
<ham >an -ung (2221) ?Bethodology of;.7. Cournal of 6gricultural 0echnical and
!cience, -anoi @niversity of 6griculture, >olume % and =, pages 23A&2A1.
6. 8orkshop Presentations cite
<hDm >En -Fng and 0. Gordon Bac6ulay (2221) HLand transactions in the north of
Vietnam: a modeling approachI. The Conference of the International Association of
Agricultural Economists, Gold Coast, Australia, 1!1" August ##$,
http:,,agecon.lib.umn.edu,.
0ran +uc >ien and :guyen 0hi +uong :ga (222J) H%&brid rice production in the
'ed 'i(er )elta: farmer*s perspecti(es*. The International +&mposium on %&brid
'ice and Agro!Ecos&stem bet,een %anoi -ni(ersit& of Agriculture and .&ushu
-ni(ersit&, %anoi, Vietnam, !/, 0o(ember ##12
k. Interner cite
/or example:
+eininger, K. vL Cin, !ong$ing (2223). H3ua b4n (5 cho thu6 78t: th9c t: t;i n<ng
th<n Vi=t 0amI. 8Li viMt vN :ghiOn cPu chQnh sRch cSa :gTn hLng 0hM giUi sV 2213.
'ashington, +W. Xhttp:,,econ. (orldban). org,files,2=%3AY(ps3213.pdf
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:guyZn -[ng (2223). HT;m >7?ng c@aA nh5 m4& Vedan*2 8\n tin x] h^i cSa
>n4xpress ngLy 2J,12,2223. http:,,vnexpress.net,G9,_a&hoi,2223,12,3862J331,.
ngLy truy c`p 23,12,2223.
(.(.11 Appen!ices (if needed)
6ppendices must be separated by numbers or capital letters, for example 6ppendix 1
and 6ppendix 2 or 6ppendix 6 and 6ppendix 8;
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