The Vietnam Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei (VECO Taipei; ; ) is the representative office of Vietnam in Taiwan, which functions as a de facto embassy in the absence of formal diplomatic relations. Its counterpart body in Vietnam is the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hanoi.
History The office was established in 1993.Foreign Policy of the New Taiwan: Pragmatic Diplomacy in Southeast Asia, Jie Chen, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2002, page 81 This followed visits to Vietnam by the Sino-Vietnamese Industrial and Commercial Association (SVICA) and China External Trade Development Council (CETRA) in 1991, and there was also provision for a branch office being established in Kaohsiung.The Vietnamese Economy and Its Transformation to an Open Market System, William T. Alpert M.E. Sharpe, 2005, page 188
Before 1975, South Vietnam recognised Taiwan as the Republic of China, and had an embassy in Taipei.Chinese Yearbook of International Law and Affairs, Volumes 8-9, Occasional Paper/Reprints Series in Contemporary Asian Studies, Incorporated, 1988, page 98 Nguyễn Văn Kiểu, brother of President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, served as minister counsellor at the embassy.Current Biography Yearbook, H. W. Wilson Co., 1969, page 397 He was later made ambassador.South Vietnam products go on display in Taipei, Taiwan Info, 17 June 1973 On 25 April 1975, only five days before the Fall of Saigon, Thieu flew to Taipei.Thieu Arrives In Taipei Today, The Times-News, April 25, 1975, page 13 In 1976, South Vietnam was reunified with the Communist-controlled North, which had maintained full diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
See also Taiwan–Vietnam relations List of diplomatic missions in Taiwan List of diplomatic missions of Vietnam
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