Tourists arrive at Phuket International Airport, Thailand. Documentary photo: AFP/VNA Phuket Tourism Association President Phumkit Raktaengam said on May 24 that 94,000 people working in the province’s tourism industry will be vaccinated against COVID-19. In addition, all people with household registration in the province are also subject to vaccination. Phuket has about 400,000 registered local residents. The island employs about 500,000 Thai and foreign workers in tourism and other businesses. Phuket’s vaccination program is expected to cover 70% of the population by the end of June so that it can reopen to foreign visitors in July. The resort island of Phuket will be the first Thai locality to reopen, followed by 10 other destinations in October. However, the Thai government only expects to welcome 500,000 foreign visitors this year. – a fraction of the 6.7 million visitors to the Southeast Asian country in 2020 and nearly 40 million in 2019. According to a forecast by the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC), the tourism industry, which accounted for one-fifth of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, may have to It took 5 years, until 2026, to fully recover. Regarding the COVID-19 situation in Thailand, the number of deaths from COVID-19 in Thailand has surpassed 800, with 30 people recorded not dying on May 24. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand has recorded a total of 806 deaths out of a total of 132,213 people with COVID-19. The third COVID-19 outbreak since early April has accounted for nearly 80 percent of COVID-19 cases in Thailand and nearly 90 percent of all deaths so far. In recent days, Thailand has detected many COVID-19 outbreaks among construction workers in the capital Bangkok. Authorities last week also found 36 cases of a more contagious strain of the B.1.617.2 virus in construction workers’ quarters in Bangkok. On May 24, Thai officials confirmed a new COVID-19 outbreak at the construction site of an elevated tram line in Nonthaburi province bordering Bangkok. Test samples of 900 workers were taken on May 22 and confirmed results on May 24 showed that 519 workers were positive for COVID-19. Thai authorities say that most of the workers at the site are immigrants and will be quarantined at the site, while the Thai workers will be taken to a makeshift hospital. This construction site has been ordered to close since the evening of May 24.

Canadian designer duo Coryn Kempster and Julia Jamrozik designed a playful, youthful all-green cafe in a centuries-old building in Buffalo, New York. The Tipico cafe is a place that promotes social interactions and supports local craftsmanship. The furniture is inexpensive, the headlights are recycled from the string lights of the construction site. The cafe seats are inspired by university lecture halls. The cafe’s main bar is made up of ten recycled wooden tables purchased from the classifieds website Craigslist. The tables are stitched together and painted blue, forming a unified bar that runs along the cafe’s wall. The open bar has swivel chairs arranged around the customer-side protruding blue countertops allowing easy communication between customers and employees. Olive green furniture can be used indoors and outdoors. Olive green, the green of the trees and the blue of the restaurant are in harmony, creating a fun and impressive overall. “We wanted to use a vibrant color to visually tie the bar and bench together to create continuity in the space and create a visual accent for the bar,” says the designer. The stairs deceive the customers’ eyes, creating a sense of multidimensional space./.

Robotic dogs are trained to fight with French military trainees. According to the Daily Mail, Spot robot, priced at $ 75,000 (equivalent to 1.7 billion) was developed by Boston Dynamics (formerly a US robotics company but now owned by the umbrella corporation. Korea Hyundai as of December 2020). Close-up of robot dog worth 75,000 USD (1.7 billion VND). The robot dog is suitable for both indoor or outdoor use, can map the environment, feel and avoid obstacles, climb stairs and open doors. In particular, it can perform dangerous missions in a variety of harsh environments such as nuclear plants, offshore oil fields and construction sites or even on battlefields. Robotic dogs are trained in 3 combat missions with French military trainees. Despite being researched and developed by Boston Dynamics for many years, the robot dog was released to the market last June. One of the first customers to buy it was billionaire Elon Musk – founder of SpaceX Technology Corporation (SpaceX). The robot dog is currently one of the robots on the payroll of the French army. Robotic dogs proved to be especially useful in urban combat. “This is an expensive robot, especially for civil or police applications. New York Police (USA) are also testing it under the name Digidog. It has also been tested for anti-Covid antiseptic missions. -19 “, Clément Levilly, a robot distributor in Europe told Ouest France. The list of customers to buy this expensive robot dog includes billionaire Elon Musk. The military school Saint-Cyr has applied to robot dogs for 3 training scenarios – one is an attack mission: capture intersections; two are defensive missions during the day and at night; Finally, the combat missions in urban areas.