HCM City (VNA) – Grab Vietnam debuted its carpoolservice GrabShare in Ho Chi Minh City on May 9, a move hoped to help relievelocal traffic pressure.
This is the first carpool mobile application inVietnam, helping users save up to 30 percent of the cost of the normal GrabCarservice. It is also said to help drivers increase their income by combining twotrips that have the same direction into one journey.
This type of service encourages passengers totravel together so as to raise car use efficiency and reduce the number ofvehicles on road, thereby contributing to easing traffic congestion and cuttingdown exhaust fumes.
Grab Vietnam said it wants to make the onlinecab booking service more convenient and money saving so that no one will wantto buy vehicles for personal use.
After HCM City, GrabShare is expected to bepiloted in Hanoi in June 2017.-VNA