Formed 1992 | ||
Jurisdiction Vietnam (southern regions)
Cambodia Agency executive Richard R.C. Shih, Representative 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. This has responsibility for relations with Laos as well as northern regions of Vietnam.
Its counterpart body in Vietnam is the Vietnam Economic and Culture Office in Taipei.
History
The Ho Chi Minh City office, along with its counterpart in Hanoi, was established in June 1992. Until 1975, Taiwan, as the Republic of China, had an Embassy in Saigon. From 1964 to 1972, Republic of China Army General Hu Lien served as Ambassador. 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.