Uber and Grab expand business

Uber and Grab expand business

Uber and Grab expand business

Chi Thinh

HCMC – Almost at the same time, both Uber Vietnam and Grab Vietnam have introduced their new services starting this month. Uber has now expanded to the central coast city of Danang while Grab has launched it high-class travel service GrabCar Plus.

On Uber Vietnam’s official website, the company has announced its launch in Danang City. Now, people in Danang wanting ride-hailing service can choose between Uber and Grab for their travels. On this occasion, Uber offers promotions in the city like free trips until this Sunday, with a maximum of VND100,000 per trip.

Grab Vietnam, meanwhile, deploys GrabCar Plus, the company’s high-class service available in HCMC only. Specifically, GrabCar drivers wanting an upgrade to GrabCar Plus must get the lowest rating of 4.85 stars in customer reviews, and must own cars that cost more than VND750 million with the manufacture date from 2012 onwards.

The fare of Grabcar Plus is VND24,000 for the first two kilometers, followed by VND11,500 for each next kilometer plus VND500 for every minute on the trip. The fare is VND2,500 higher than usual GrabCar service, which costs VND9,000/km plus VND300/minute on the trip for four-seat cars.

GrabCar Plus is basically the same as UberBlack, which uses more luxury cars than UberX and GrabCar. The fare of GrabCar Plus is a bit higher than UberBlack, which starts from VND5,000 for beginning a trip, plus VND9,597/km and VND800/minute.

At the same time, Grab Vietnam announced to increase the fare for seven-seat GrabCar, from VND11,000/km plus VND300/minute to VND11,500/km plus VND500/minute.

In this trial stage, Grab Vietnam will only provide the service for some of its customers before offering the service for all. Some of Grab’s customers have received an invitation email for the new service from the company.

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