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Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vietnam

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vietnam

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The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vietnam (Chinese: 駐越南台北經濟文化辦事處; pinyin: Zhù Yuènán Táiběi Jīngjì Wénhuà Bànshì Chù) (Vietnamese: Văn phòng Kinh tế Văn hóa Đài Bắc tại Hà Nội, Việt Nam) is the representative office of Taiwan in Vietnam, which functions as a de facto embassy in the absence of diplomatic relations. It also has responsibility for Laos.[2]

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Its counterpart body in Taiwan is the Vietnam Economic and Culture Office in Taipei.[3]

There is also a Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Ho Chi Minh City,[4] which has responsibility for relations with the southern regions of Vietnam as well as Cambodia.[2]

History

The Hanoi office, along with its counterpart in Ho Chi Minh City, was established in June 1992.[5] This followed visits to Vietnam by the Sino-Vietnamese Industrial and Commercial Association (SVICA) and Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) in 1991.[6]

Until 1975, Taiwan, as the Republic of China, had an embassy in Saigon.[7] However, the embassy suspended operations after the defeat of South Vietnam by the Communist North, which has diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.[8]

In February 2014, a former Secretary of the Office was investigated by police for reportedly cooperating to take bribes to illegally grant visas to Vietnamese students two years earlier.[9]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vietnam, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan)
  2. [2]
    Asia Pacific Area, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)
  3. [3]
    Vietnam Economic and Cultural Office Archived 2016-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Ho Chi Minh City
  5. [5]
    Foreign Policy of the New Taiwan: Pragmatic Diplomacy in Southeast Asia, Jie Chen, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2002, page 81
  6. [6]
    The Vietnamese Economy and Its Transformation to an Open Market System, William T. Alpert M.E. Sharpe, 2005, page 188
  7. [7]
    Maoists kill Chinese publisher in Saigon, Current Issue, December 5, 1971
  8. [8]
    The Republic Of China Yearbook 1996, David Robertson, Taylor & Francis, 1996, page 652
  9. [9]
    Taiwanese investigated for allegedly ‘selling’ visas to Vietnamese students, Tuoi Tre, February 13, 2014
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