Sao Paulo On the morning of September 24 (the same evening Vietnam time), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited Corinthians football club - the team that won the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup.
"The potential for cooperation in culture and sports , especially high-performance sports like football, between Vietnam and Brazil is limitless," the head of government told the leader of Corinthians football club.
Mr. Luiz Wagner Alcantara, Vice President of Corinthians Paulista Club, presented the Prime Minister with the club's ball. Photo: Nhat Bac
The Prime Minister said that Vietnamese people are passionate about football and admire Brazilian football with great players, football legends such as Pele, Romario, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo. The Brazilian national team, nicknamed Selecao, has won the world championship many times with its attacking philosophy, beautiful playing style, and "Samba dance on the field".
He said that the Vietnamese Government always pays attention to and creates favorable conditions to promote the field of physical education and sports in general, and high-performance sports in particular. Therefore, Vietnamese football has made many impressive and encouraging progress and achievements in recent times.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that Brazil and Corinthians club increase cooperation activities and support Vietnam in developing football. For example, training, improving players' physical strength and skills, improving management capacity, developing brands, mobilizing and managing resources, and organizing competitions. He also suggested that Brazil continue to "export" players to Vietnam and Vietnamese players to Brazil.
"I hope that one day fans of the two countries and the world can witness a world championship final between Vietnam and Brazil," said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
The Prime Minister lifted the FIFA Club World Cup 2012 trophy of Corinthians and wore the gloves of the "goalkeeper", goalkeeper Cassio, who won the Golden Ball award in this tournament. Photo: Nhat Bac c
Mr. Luiz Wagner Alcantara, Vice President of Corinthians Paulista Club, thanked the Prime Minister and the Vietnamese high-ranking leaders for their affection and attention to the club as well as Brazilian football.
He highly agreed with the Prime Minister's proposals and said he would actively carry out cooperation activities and support Vietnam, contributing to promoting the good relations between the two countries and the affection between the two peoples for each other.
Corinthians Paulista is a Brazilian football club founded on September 1, 1910, currently playing in the Brazilian Football Championship.
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