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Students win awards for anti earthquake model building
  • | VOV | September 22, 2013 05:34 PM

Students from Duy Tan University in Danang won third prize and a number of consolidation prizes at the 13th Introducing and Demonstrating Earthquake Engineering Research in Schools (IDEERS) competition in Taiwan.

The event was organised by the British Council with the aim of helping to minimize the loss, damage and destruction caused by earthquakes.

The event attracted 99 teams from countries across the world.

Students from the Construction Department of Duy Tan University designed a of seven-storey model building which can resist an 8 richter earthquake.

Last year, Duy Tan University won a consolidation prize at the contest.

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