Uber and Grab asked for logo

MoT requested to Uber and Grab to add their logos and fares on their cars

In a document submitted to the prime minister, the Ministry of Transport and the people’s committees of five cities and provinces where Uber and Grab piloted their ride-hailing services, the Hanoi Taxi Association made a series of proposals aiming to create fair competition between traditional taxies and Uber and Grab.

MoT considered the association’s proposals and agreed with some. Accordingly, MoT asked design the general logo to be designed for Uber and Grab, while simultaneously asking the local departments of Transport to monitor the implementation of Uber and Grab.

Regarding the proposal to stop increasing their car fleets, MoT said that ride-hailing is a type of contracted passenger transportation. Thus, MoT will propose the PM to consider asking the departments of Transport in the five cities and provinces to stop providing badges for cars with fewer than nine seats.

Besides, MoT asked Uber and Grab taxis to clarify fare as traditional taxis.

Previously, the Hanoi Taxi Association started a vendetta against app-based taxis with a proposal submitted to the municipal departments of Transport to ban their rivals from roads traditional taxis are not allowed to use.

According to Do Quoc Binh, the association’s chairman, currently taxies are banned from many streets in Hanoi. However, in reality, app-based cars such as Uber and Grab can still operate in these streets, which they claim is unfair competition.

Binh claimed that the boom of Uber and Grab has added to Hanoi’s already serious traffic jams, making it necessary to manage them like traditional taxis.

Furthermore, the Hanoi Taxi Association asked to suspend ride-hailing services before the pilot schemes expire on December 31, 2017.

The Ho Chi Minh City Taxi Association sent a document to MoT, declaring full support for the Hanoi Taxi Association’s petition to urgently suspend the operations of ride-hailing firms Uber and Grab in Vietnam.

The Ho Chi Minh City Taxi Association said Uber and Grab are carrying out numerous promotional programmes and offering extraordinarily low fares to eliminate traditional taxi services. However, there is no way to ensure that ride-hailing firms will keep fares low after they have monopolised the market.

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