What are conditions for defending master's thesis in Vietnam? When will master's thesis appraisal be conducted in Vietnam?

1. What are conditions for defending master's thesis in Vietnam? When will master's thesis appraisal be conducted in Vietnam?

According to Article 9 of the Regulation on enrolment and training for master degree, issued together with Circular 23/2021/TT-BGDDT, stipulating thesis assessment, as follows:

1. Thesis shall be assessed in form of defense in front of a committee. The defense session shall be organized publicly except for fields that require classification according to regulations of the Government.

2. Thesis defense committee must satisfy the following requirements:

a) The committee must have at least 5 members, including a chairperson, a director, 2 review members, and other members; in which at least 1 review member must not be associated with the education institutions;

b) Standards of committee members must match standards of thesis instructors under Clause 4 Article 8 hereof; in which the chairperson must be full-time lecturer or full-time researcher of the education institution;

c) Instructors can participate in the committee as a member without being able to give assessment score; parents, spouses, children, or siblings of learners are not allowed to participate in the committee.

3. Eligibility for defending thesis:

a) Having completed all units of study of training program;

b) Having submitted thesis and receiving consensus from instructors to defend;

c) Having satisfied other requirements of education institutions.

4. Thesis defense session shall be organized when at least 2/3 of total committee members are present which include a chairperson, a secretary, and at least a review member.  Online thesis defense may be implemented under consensus of committee members and learners; all progression of the online thesis defense session shall be visually and audibly recorded and stored at education institutions.

5. Thesis score shall be the arithmetic mean of scores given my committee members present at the thesis defense sessions on the scale of 10; learners shall be qualified when their thesis score is at least 5.5.

6. In case thesis is unqualified, learners may revise for the second assessment within 3 months from the meeting date of the committee for the first assessment; do not organize the third assessment.

7. After successfully defending the thesis, the entirety of the thesis (which is revised at request of the committee if any) must be submitted, stored at libraries of education institutions, and publicized on website of education institutions in at least 30 days, except for topics that must be classified according to regulations of the Government. 

8. Regulations of education institutions shall elaborate on criteria and procedures for assessing thesis; other contents relating to thesis assessment.

According to this Article, the conditions for for defending master's thesis in Vietnam must meet the three conditions mentioned above.

2. When will master's thesis appraisal be conducted in Vietnam? 

According to Article 10 of the Regulation on enrolment and training for master degree, issued together with Circular 23/2021/TT-BGDĐT, stipulating thesis appraisal:

1. In case of difficulties, complaints, accusations or other cases according to management requirements, education institutions shall decide to organize appraisal of thesis quality.  

2. Thesis appraisal committee shall have the similar composition and standards as thesis assessment committee; members of thesis assessment committee must not participate in thesis appraisal committee.

3. Regulations of education institutions shall elaborate on establishment of thesis appraisal committee; procedures for organizing committee meeting and processing thesis appraisal results.

Thus, when there are difficulties, complaints, accusations or other cases according to management requirements, education institutions shall decide to organize appraisal of thesis quality, it will conduct the appraisal of the master's thesis in Vietnam. 

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