VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE

FACULTY OF ACCOUTING AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

THESIS FORMAT

1. Primary components of a thesis

Title Page: Including the primary cover and the secondary cover (appendix 1 and 2)
Acknowledgments: should be in 1 page
Table of Contents: should be in 2 pages (see more in appendix 3)
List of Tables
List of Figures: picture(s), outline(s), diagram(s), graph(s), and map(s)
List of Abbreviations
List of Appendices (if needed)
Abstract (if needed)
Primary components of a thesis:
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Rationale of the Study
1.2 Objectives of the Study
1.3 Research question(s)
1.4 Scope of the study

Chapter 2. Literature Review

- What we know about the research question(s) and related issues from the
literature
– What we do not know about the research question(s) and related issues from
the literature
Chapter 3. Methodology
Data/ information that will be needed
Where the data/ information can be obtained
How the data/ information can be obtained
How the data/ information will be analyzed

Chapter 4. Findings and Discussions

Findings
Discussions of Findings

Chapter 5. Conclusions and Implications of Findings

References
Appendices
2.2 Format of the study
2.2.1 Thesis analysis should be from 60 to 80 pages. Each part will be started in a new page.
The heading should be ordered and leveled by number (for example: 1- called first
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 level; 1.1- called second level; 1.1.1- called third level; and 1.1.1.2 - called fourth
level. It should not excess fourth level of headings. The analysis should come before
the table.
2.2.2 Language: English will be used for the thesis writing.

2.2.3 Paper: The white paper with a size of A4 will be used for one side printing. Diagrams
and pictures should be printed in a special paper. The other special presentations such
as maps and balance sheet accounting should be folded to fit with the size of A4
paper.

2.2.4 Margins:

Top: 1,2” (3 cm) Bottom: 1.2” (3 cm)

Left: 1,2” (3 cm) Right: 0,8” (2 cm)

2.2.5 Font: Font of Times New Roman and font size of 14 will be used for thesis writing.
The title of part 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be capital letters and bold; its first and second level
headings will be letters and bold; and its third level headings will be letter, bold, and
italic. Other heading levels will be typical typing.

2.2.6 Page numbers: Thesis must be numbered. It will be number by letters (i, ii, iii…) in
all parts excepting the content of part 1, 2, 3 and 4. Position of page number will be in
bottom and right.

2.2.7 Line spacing: It will be 1.5 single lines for content of analysis. The space between
part headings and the first level headings is 3 single lines. The space between ending
of any analyses and the next heading is 2 single lines. The space before and after
tables and diagrams… will be 2 single lines. The space between two references is 1
single line.

2.2.8 Number of hard copy: 3 with hard cover or soft cover

2.2.9 Tables and figures

 It will be numbered by number of each part with explanation(s) if needed. For

example:
Table 2.3 will be the second table in Part 2
Table 3.3 will be the third table in Part 3
 The title of tables will be before content
 The title of figures will be after content

2.2.10 Literature cites

a. Citing from 1 author (can be applied for citing from co-author or more than two
authors)
For example:
According to Friberg (2002), the participant of ethnic is limited….
Or : The participant of ethnic is limited… (Friberg, 2002)
b. Citing from co-author: using conjunction to connect between two authors
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 For example:
Ravallion and Van de Walle (2003) conducted a study of agricultural land allocation
in Vietnam.
Or Agricultural land allocation in Vietnam is………(Ravallion and Van de Walle,
2003)
c. Citing from more than two authors
It is needed to write the first author and wording of “et al” and following by year
For example:
….. business environment in Vietnam….. (Tenev et all, 2003)
d. Citing from different references and different authors
All authors must be written and separated by “;”
For example:
In the South of Vietnam……….(Do and Iyer 2003; Luong and Unger 1999; Marsh
and MacAulay 2002; Ravallion and Van de Walle, 2001, 2003)
e. Citing from un-original author (this form should not be encouraged)
For example:
Samuelson (1963) found….. (as cited in Nguyen Van An, 1999).
Note: Nguyen Van An must be in the literature cites
f. Literature cites should be divided into 2 groups namely Vietnamese and English. It
will be ordered by a, b, c and by given name if Vietnamese reference and by last
name/family name if English reference.
g. Book cite
Tran Van Dat (2002), The Development of Rice Production in Vietnam. Agricultural
Publishing House, Hanoi.
Nguyen Thi Huong (2009) ……
h. Chapter cite
Tran Duc Vien, Pham Tien Dung, and Nguyen Thanh Lam (2008) “Experiment of
….”, chapter 21, in … - name of book . Tran Duc Vien, A. Terry. Rambo, and Nguyen
Thanh Lam. Agricultural Publishing House, Hanoi.
i. Paper cite
For example:
Pham Van Hung (2006) “Methodology of….”. Journal of Agricultural Technical and
Science, Hanoi University of Agriculture, Volume 4 and 5, pages 289-296.
j. Workshop Presentations cite
Phạm Văn Hùng and T. Gordon MacAulay (2006) ‘Land transactions in the north of
Vietnam: a modeling approach’. The Conference of the International Association of
Agricultural Economists, Gold Coast, Australia, 12-18 August 2006,
http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/.

Tran Duc Vien and Nguyen Thi Duong Nga (2007) ‘Hybrid rice production in the
Red River Delta: farmer’s perspectives’. The International Symposium on Hybrid
Rice and Agro-Ecosystem between Hanoi University of Agriculture and Kyushu
University, Hanoi, Vietnam, 22-24, November 2007.

k. Interner cite
For example:

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 Deininger, K. và Jin, Songqing (2003). ‘Mua bán và cho thuê đất: thực tế tại nông
thôn Việt Nam’. Bài viết về Nghiên cứu chính sách của Ngân hàng Thế giới số 2013.
Washington, DC. <http://econ. worldbank. org/files/25489_wps3013.pdf

Nguyễn Hưng (2008). ‘Tạm “đóng cửa” nhà máy Vedan’. Bản tin xã hội của
VnExpress ngày 07/10/2008. http://vnexpress.net/GL/Xa-hoi/2008/10/3BA07336/.
ngày truy cập 08/10/2008.

2.2.11 Appendices (if needed)

Appendices must be separated by numbers or capital letters, for example Appendix 1
and Appendix 2 or Appendix A and Appendix B…

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Appendix 1:

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE (font size of 14 and

bold)
FACULTY OF ACCOUTING AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
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PHAN THANH NAM (font size of 16)

UNDERGRADUATE THESIS
OF AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT
(Font size of 30 and bold)

Title of study: Times New Roman, Capital, Bold, font size of 18)

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Appendix 2:

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE (font size of 14 and

(Bìa ngoài – màu xanh)
bold)
FACULTY OF ACCOUTING AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
(font size of 16 and bold)
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UNDERGRADUATE THESIS
OF AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT
(Font size of 30 and bold)

Title of study: Times New Roman, Capital, Bold, font size of 18

Name of student: Times New Roman, capital, bold, and font size of 14
Branch: Times New Roman, capital, bold, and font size of 14
Major: Times New Roman, capital, bold, and font size of 14

Name of Supervisor: capital, bold, and font size of 14