The event organisers said the festival, on on April 27-28, aims at celebrating the 35th anniversary of Việt Nam-Brazil diplomatic ties, and exchanging in sports, tourism and business between Đà Nẵng and Brazil.

The legends team, which includes stars who helped Brazil to win the World Cup in 1994 and 2002, will be playing a friendly match with Vietnamese ex-national players at the city’s Hòa Xuân Stadium on April 27.

Vietnamese football fans in the city will have the opportunity to meet and exchange with Brazilian and Vietnamese football legends from 4pm to 7pm at the 20,000-seat Stadium.

The festival will also include tournaments U-9, U-11, U-13 players from football academies in Asia at Tuyên Sơn Sports Centre.

Brazil football Academy is planned to debut at the city’s V-Village in Hòa Vang district as part of the festival.

It is also an opportunity for Brazilian and Vietnamese partners and businesses to build connections in the beach festival on April 28. VNS