BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Retired Brazilian star striker Ronaldo says Brazil is no longer a top-class team in football.
"Brazil played badly in the Copa America this year, with wrong plans and (player) choices," the three-time World Player of the Year said during an
exclusive interview with Xinhua in Beijing on Wednesday.
"And Brazil is now very far from the best in this field in South America."
In addition to Brazil's early exit, another shocking news regarding this year's Copa America is that superstar Lionel Messi announced his retirement from
international football after Argentina lost to Chile in the Copa America final
for the second straight time.
"It is an extremely personal choice of Messi and we have to respect," Ronaldo said. "We all fell abandoned by Messi, and hope he can change his decision."
Ronaldo, who has been following international football action closely since retiring in 2011, said he was impressed by the game between Italy and Spain at
Euro 2016.
"They represent the most advanced football level around Europe," said the 40-year-old.
Ronaldo did not forget the match with China at the FIFA World Cup in 2002. "The score of 4-0 could not represent the difficulty of the victory," he said.
"The tough performance of Chinese players created many troubles to us."
Despite the progress that Chinese football has made over recent years and the influx of foreign big-name coaches and players to the Chinese league, Ronaldo
believed that the future of Chinese football relies on the children.
Last November, Ronaldo announced to launch the "Ronaldo Academy" project in China. "I came back this time because I felt your great will to develop
football," he said.
According to him, a new school will soon be ready to open in each Shanghai and Zhengzhou, capital city of central China's Henan Province.
Up till now, the "Ronaldo Academy" are running six schools in China, and Ronaldo plans to open 30 around the country. The schools train kids from six to
18 years old in both cultural education and footballing skills.
"We have our own teaching system and methodology," said Ronaldo, who was granted as the charity ambassador by the China Children and Teenagers' Fund.
Paulo Swerts, CEO of Ronaldo Football (China) Co., Ltd., said they will introduce 30 to 40 Brazilian coaches to China by the end of this year.
HO CHI MINH CITY, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam had 253,500 households which suffered from food shortages in the first 10 months of this year, up 15.1
percent against the same period last year, the country's Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Development said Tuesday.
Specifically, over one million local people suffered from food shortages between January and October, up 14.9 percent.
The between-crop hunger surge was attributed to the prolonged serious drought nationwide, especially in the northern mid-land and mountainous region and the
Central Highlands region, and recent floods in the central region, said the
ministry.
Vietnam's relevant sectors and localities have so far this year offered hungry households 16,900 tons of food and some 600 million Vietnamese dong
(26,900 U.S. dollars).
According to the new poor household criteria applied in the 2016-2020 period, Vietnam currently has a poor household rate of some 10.4 percent. According to
the old criteria, the rate is 5.8-6 percent.
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Wang said Pakistan and Afghanistan are important countries in the region and he hopes the two nations can work together to safeguard stability in the region.
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mutual trust. It is also exploring opportunities to develop cooperation among
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