Wildflower 22 january 2018

Dias makes case for Man City defence as Liverpool struggle (photo: youtube/Man City) Pep Guardiola's men have conceded just two goals in their past 13 league games, winning nine in a row to open up a seven-point lead over fourth-placed Liverpool, with a game in hand. Liverpool took City's crown as champions last season, romping to a first league title in 30 years. But the contrasting fortunes at centre-back for both clubs this season have helped City reassert their position as the team to beat in English football. After a humbling 5-2 home defeat by Leicester in their second game of the season, City splashed out £62 million ($85 million) on Ruben Dias from Benfica. In 27 games, the Portuguese international has been on the losing side just once and has kept 18 clean sheets, forming a formidable partnership with a revitalised John Stones. So strong has that pairing been that Aymeric Laporte -- the bedrock of the City defence that denied Liverpool the title by a point in the 2018/19 season -- has largely been left in reserve along with another £40 million summer centre-back signing, Nathan Ake. "We knew the quality he had on the pitch, we knew a little bit his personality, but we have been impressed at the consistency to be ready mentally and physically to play every three days," said Guardiola on Dias's impact. Despite injuries to Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero, City's attacking play has begun to click into gear in recent weeks. - Clean sheets - But their revival from mid-table obscurity after they last lost in the Premier League to Tottenham in November began with a series of clean sheets to win low-scoring games against Fulham, Southampton, Newcastle and Brighton. "This season we don't make the mistakes that we did (in the past) to give opponents easy goals," added Guardiola. "Many things help to be champions. When one or two things drop a little it is difficult to get it." In contrast to the wealth of centre-back options available to …

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The Hanoitimes - Pham Van Dong street, part of Hanoi's Ring Road 3, is one of the arterial thoroughfares connecting innercity districts with Noi Bai International Airport. Pham Van Dong street, part of Hanoi's Ring Road 3, in Mai Dich - Nam Thang Long section has been widened to 12 lanes and works on the widening of the stretch connecting the two bridges of Nhat Tan and Thang Long have just been completed, VnExpress reported. Pham Van Dong street is one of the arterial thoroughfares connecting innercity districts with Noi Bai International Airport. The project began in October 2016 with an investment of more than VND3,000 billion (US$129.6 million). This is the northwestern entrance to Hanoi, connecting the capital city with other northwestern provinces, so it is often congested. By expanding it to 12 lanes, the municipal government hope to resolve the chronic traffic jam on this highway. Pham Van Dong road was completed and opened to traffic over a year ago; however, half of the road was fenced to build the Mai Dich - Nam Thang Long viaduct on Ring Road 3 since January 2018. The 5.3 km viaduct, including 4.6 km of elevated stretch, was invested with VND5.3 trillion (US$230 million). Besides, in July, the construction and repair project for Thang Long bridge kicked off with a total investment of nearly VND270 billion (US$11.7 million). This repair project will be completed by the end of 2020 at the same time with the inauguration of Mai Dich - Nam Thang Long viaduct, ensuring smooth, safe and convenient traffic. On October 5, many roads were divided into lanes. The lower road is expanded to 93 m, each direction has six lanes with a width of 3.5 m each. Photo: VnExpress The median strip is from 3.5m to 10m wide depending on location. By October 5 morning, many trees have been grown on most of its area. Photo: VnExpress 1,500 trees have been planted along the road. Photo: VnExpress …

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Nearly 10,100 new enterprises were set up in January this year with a total registered capital of over VND155 trillion, up about 22% in terms of enterprises and 26% in terms of registered capital compared to the same month in 2020. In addition, average registered capital per enterprise reached VND15.4 billion, up 3.2% over the same period last year. Newly established enterprises also registered nearly 116,000 workers, a sharp rise of over 37% against the same period in 2020. In January, more than 4,000 enterprises also registered to expand their investment capital by VND240 trillion, raising total newly registered and supplemented capital to over VND395 trillion in January, up 10.5% over the same period in 2020. Moreover, 6,503 enterprises resumed operations in January, down 23.2% compared to the same period in 2020, lifting the total number of newly established and resumed enterprises to 16,594, down 0.9% over the corresponding period last year. This month, more than 25,750 enterprises have temporarily suspended their operations, are waiting for dissolution procedures or have completed dissolution procedures, up 36.4% over the same month in 2020. …

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