Republic of China nationals in Vietnam
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Taiwanese expatriates in Vietnam consist largely of expatriate businessmen and their families. The Ho Chi Minh City
branch of the Taipei
-based Taiwan External Trade Development Council
estimates that 20,000 people from Taiwan were living in Vietnam as of 2002.
According to statistics of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
, there are an estimated 3,000 women in Vietnam, formerly married to Taiwanese husbands, who have been left stateless after their divorces; the women had given up Vietnamese nationality to naturalize as Republic of China citizens at the time of their marriage, but then returned to Vietnam following their divorces and gave up their Republic of China nationality in the process of applying for restoration of Vietnamese nationality. Their children, who hold only Republic of China nationality and have never previously been Vietnamese nationals, are ineligible to enter publicly-supported schools in Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam...
branch of the Taipei
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
-based Taiwan External Trade Development Council
Taiwan External Trade Development Council
The Taiwan External Trade Development Council is a non-profit government co-sponsored trade promotion organization in the Republic of China founded in 1970...
estimates that 20,000 people from Taiwan were living in Vietnam as of 2002.
According to statistics of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , also known as The UN Refugee Agency is a United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to...
, there are an estimated 3,000 women in Vietnam, formerly married to Taiwanese husbands, who have been left stateless after their divorces; the women had given up Vietnamese nationality to naturalize as Republic of China citizens at the time of their marriage, but then returned to Vietnam following their divorces and gave up their Republic of China nationality in the process of applying for restoration of Vietnamese nationality. Their children, who hold only Republic of China nationality and have never previously been Vietnamese nationals, are ineligible to enter publicly-supported schools in Vietnam.