New York, July 14 -- On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the normalisation of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the US (July 12, 1995 - 2025, Vietnam time), former US Ambassador to Vietnam David B. Shear (2011-2014 tenure) and young Americans shared their views on the remarkable progress in the bilateral ties and expressed their confidence in a bright future for the partnership.

Speaking to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s resident correspondent in New York, Shear highlighted the significant strides made in the Vietnam-US relationship over the past three decades. Two-way trade has reached 150 billion USD, tens of thousands of Vietnamese students are studying and conducting research in the US, and robust people-to-people exch...