Hanoi, July 10 -- The past 25 years have witnessed strides made in economic and trade cooperation between Vietnam and the US, contributing remarkably to bolstering bilateral relations, Minister Counsellor in charge of trade affairs Bui Huy Son has said.

Their economic relations have expanded in scale since the two established diplomatic ties, he told Vietnam News Agency correspondents in the US.

Economic and trade cooperation has made important contributions to and remains one of the important pillars of Vietnam-US relations .

According to US figures, two-way trade saw a 333-fold increase in the 25-year period, rising from 233.4 million USD in 1994 to 77.5 billion USD in 2019.

Cooperation has also seen positive changes in quality, he ...