New-born giant panda in Northern Thailand named "Lin Bing"

Lin Bing was born on May 27 this year.

Lin Bing was chosen from four names short-listed by judges from thousands of suggested ones.

Around 22 million postcard-votes were mailed in as the name Lin Bing received the most votes from the public, according to Thailand Post, the website by Bangkok Post reported.

Lin Bing received 13.2 million votes, or about 60 percent of the total votes sent in on postcards.

Lin Bing in Chinese means "a forest of ice," while in the Chinese pronunciation the word bing is very similar to the name of Chiang Mai's major river -- "Ping River".



Bangkok Post reports that a one-year-old Sakhon Nakhon girl has been declared winner of the first prize in the drawing of postcards to select the name Lin Bing for the baby panda at the Chiang Mai Zoo.

Praifa Leehakhom, the first prize winner, is entitled to one million baht in prize money, a car and a trip to China.  A boy named Kris from Bangkok and a woman identified only as Mrs Kwanchit of Nakhon Sawan were declared winners of the second prize,  100,000 baht cash and a car.