Low-cost car sharing UberX launched in Vietnam
Uber Technologies Inc. has launched budget car sharing service UberX in Vietnam with charges much lower than the taxi fares in Hanoi and HCM City.
The UberX service is cheaper than UberBLACK, the first ride-sharing service introduced in Vietnam by Uber. The lowest fare of UberX is equivalent to one-third of the taxi fare in Hanoi, at VND5,000 per kilometer, and the fare in HCMC is VND8,500 per kilometer.
The common taxi fares in Hanoi and HCMC range from VND11,000 per kilometer to VND16,000 per kilometer depending on types of cars.
According to Uber, with UberX, customers are carried on four-seat compact cars such as Hyundai i10, Kia Morning, Honda City and Toyota Vios driven by licensed drivers.