On the Taiwanese side, some were opposed to working with a communist country. On the Vietnamese side, the opposition was a reaction to Taiwan's close ties to the US, which then had Vietnam under an embargo.
台灣方面，有人反對與共產國家合作；越方則因台灣與美國關係密切（美國當時對越南實施禁運），而多所遲疑。」