Thai college takes top honour at int'l snow sculpture contest
Students from Thailand’s Ubon Ratchathani Technical College have taken the championship title at the 10th International Collegiate Snow Sculpture Contest 2018 in China, retaining the honour for Thailand for the ninth year in a row.
Students from Thailand’s Ubon Ratchathani Technical College win the 10th International Collegiate Snow Sculpture Contest 2018 (Photo: http://nwnt.prd.go.th)Bangkok (NNT/VNA) – Students from Thailand’s Ubon Ratchathani Technical College have taken the championship title at the 10th International Collegiate Snow Sculpture Contest 2018 in China, retaining the honour for Thailand for the ninth year in a row.
The competition took place at Harbin Technical College in Harbin City of the People’s Republic of China on January 4-7. A total of 55 teams from 12 countries took part with three teams representing Thailand, namely Ubon Ratchathani Technical College, Surat Thani Technical College and Samut Prakan Technical College.
Ubon Ratchathani Technical College ended the games with two honours, both the Best Technique Award and the championship title, its second time winning the award and Thailand’s ninth. Their winning design was titled “Belief. Faith. Miracle”.
Both the other two Thai colleges came in as runners-up with Surat Thani’s students carving a traditional fighting cock and Samut Prakan carving a turtle and a dragon of fortune.
All the teams are to return to Thailand on January 9. -VNA
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