Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Ho Chi Minh City

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Ho Chi Minh City
駐胡志明市台北經濟文化辦事處
Văn phòng Kinh tế Văn hóa Đài Bắc tại thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
Agency overview
Formed 1992
Jurisdiction  Vietnam (southern regions)
 Cambodia
Agency executive
  • Richard R.C. Shih, Representative[1]
Website Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Ho Chi Minh City

The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Hanoi, Vietnam (Chinese: 駐胡志明市台北經濟文化辦事處; pinyin: Zhù Húzhìmíng Shì Táiběi Jīngjì Wénhuà Bànshì Chù) (Vietnamese: Văn phòng Kinh tế Văn hóa Đài Bắc tại thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) represents the interests of Taiwan in southern regions of Vietnam and Cambodia, functioning as a de facto consulate in the absence of diplomatic relations. There is also a Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hanoi.[2] This has responsibility for relations with Laos as well as northern regions of Vietnam.[3]

Its counterpart body in Vietnam is the Vietnam Economic and Culture Office in Taipei.[4]

History

The Ho Chi Minh City office, along with its counterpart in Hanoi, was established in June 1992.[5] Until 1975, Taiwan, as the Republic of China, had an Embassy in Saigon.[6] From 1964 to 1972, Republic of China Army General Hu Lien served as Ambassador.[7] However, it suspended its operations after the defeat of South Vietnam by the Communist North, which had maintained full diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan)
  2. ↑ Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Hanoi, Vietnam
  3. ↑ Asia Pacific Area, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)
  4. ↑ Vietnam Economic and Cultural Office
  5. ↑ Foreign Policy of the New Taiwan: Pragmatic Diplomacy in Southeast Asia, Jie Chen, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2002, page 81
  6. ↑ Maoists kill Chinese publisher in Saigon, Current Issue, December 5, 1971
  7. ↑ Free China Review, Volume 20, W.Y. Tsao, 1970, page 4
  8. ↑ The Republic Of China Yearbook 1996, David Robertson, Taylor & Francis, 1996, page 652
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