Vbc ~ 0,7V, means collector junction forward biased, and Vbe ~ 0V means that the emitter junction is reverse biased, that region is named Reverse Active.
-If collector junction & emitter junction are both forward biased, then it is saturated.
-If collector junction is reverse biased and emitter junction is forward biased, the transistor is active (you can see it when you assume in a circuit that the transistor is not cut-off, you assume Vbe=0,7 for an NPN).
-If collector junction & emitter junction are both reverse biased then the transistor is cut-off (Ie=Ib=Ic=0A).
Now what you mentoned Vbe ~ 0V means that emitter junction is not forward biased yet, then: If emitter junction is reverse biased and collector junction is forward biased, then it is Reverse Active. It is not used (at least that's what I've been taught) because in that region hfe is way smaller than in forward active or just active.