| Agency Name: | Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vietnam 駐越南台北經濟文化辦事處 |
| Nativename: | Văn phòng Kinh tế Văn hóa Đài Bắc tại Hà Nội, Việt Nam |
| Formed: | 1992 |
| Headquarters: | Hanoi |
| Jurisdiction: | (excluding southern regions) |
| Chief1 Position: | Representative[1] |
| Website: | Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vietnam |
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vietnam (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.
Its counterpart body in Taiwan is the Vietnam Economic and Culture Office in Taipei.[2]
There is also a Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Ho Chi Minh City,[3] which has responsibility for relations with the southern regions of Vietnam as well as Cambodia.[4]
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]