The Vietnam Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei ( Vietnamese: Văn phòng Kinh tế Văn hoá Việt Nam) () is the representative office of Vietnam in Taiwan, which functions as a ''de facto'' embassy in the absence of diplomatic relations. Its counterpart body in Vietnam is the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vietnam based in Hanoi.

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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 Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...

. Before 1975,

South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...

recognised Taiwan as the Republic of China, and had an embassy in Taipei. Nguyễn Văn Kiểu, brother of President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, served as minister counsellor at the embassy. He was later made ambassador. 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.

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1993 establishments in Taiwan Organizations established in 1993 Vietnam Taiwan–Vietnam relations Diplomatic missions of Vietnam {{Taiwan-poli-stub

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