Taipei, May 7 (CNA) The new head of the Vietnamese Economic and Cultural Office (VECO) in Taipei, Nguyen Ba Cu, will arrive in Taipei this weekend to assume office, the VECO said Monday.
Nguyen, 58, will replace Hoang Nhu Ly as the top Vietnamese representative in Taiwan, said acting head Pham Manh Hai, who is the VECO's incumbent deputy head.
Prior to his current post, Nguyen served as the senior consultant of Vietnam's Chamber of Commerce and Industry and worked in Vietnam's Embassy in China from the 1980's through to the 2000's.
Hoang served as the head of the VECO in Taipei from October 2002 to April 2007.