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Retail Asia27/01/2020

Taxis are refusing to charge by the meter and ride-hailing apps have doubled ‘peak hour’ prices and added surcharges as Tet draws close. Monday evening, five days before the Lunar New Year (Tet), Hoang Viet requested a car on ride-hailing app Grab. He was surprised to find that his 14-kilometer trip from an office block in […]

Retail Asia26/04/2019

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Vietnamese ride-hailing firm FastGo plans to launch the country’s first helicopter ride-sharing service in Hanoi this month, focusing on tourism in northern provinces. CEO Nguyen Huu Tuat told that FastSky’s first flight will take off on April 25. With 12 passengers to a helicopter, FastSky will operate tours from Hanoi to northern tourist destinations such as […]

Retail Asia29/03/2019

Vietnamese ride-hailing firm FastGo is set to launch Singapore operations in April as part of its regional expansion plans. The nine-month old Vietnamese start-up has announced that drivers will be able to register on its ride hailing application from April 1, and customers can use the service from April 30. Diep Nguyen, country manager for […]

Retail Asia24/01/2019

Vietnamese ride-hailing company FastGo plans to enter the U.S. and Brazil this year as it seeks to quickly expand overseas. Its CEO Nguyen Huu Tuat said that he is keen to compete with other ride-hailing apps in foreign countries. “Our investors are located in the U.S. and Brazil, that’s why we have chosen those places as […]

Retail Asia24/01/2019

Singapore-based tech firm Mass Vehicle Ledger (MLV) launched its ride-hailing app TADA in Ho Chi Minh City Monday. HCMC is the third Southeast Asian market that the firm is entering after Singapore and Cambodia. Instead of billing commissions from drivers like other major players Grab and Go-Viet, the app aims to profit off advertising as […]

Retail Asia03/01/2019

FastGo, Vietnam’s first ride-hailing service, has kicked off operations in Myanmar as part of its Southeast Asia expansion plans. Its joint venture with Myanmarese conglomerate Asia Sun Group began offering services on December 28. CEO Nguyen Huu Tuat said at the launch that Myanmar is a promising market with the e-commerce, travel and retail sectors […]

Retail Asia21/12/2018

Vietnamese ride-hailing firm FastGo, at odds with authorities over its legal status, asserts it is going by the book. According to the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Industry and Trade, FastGo is not yet eligible to be approved for a pilot phase, nor is it registered as a tech platform. In a written […]

Retail Asia23/11/2018

Vietnam’s internet economy is the largest relative to GDP in terms of gross merchandise volume in Southeast Asia this year. A study by Google and Temasek, a Singaporean holding company owned by the Government of Singapore, said gross merchandise volume (GMV) traded over the Internet in Vietnam was 4 percent of GDP. The study encompasses ride-hailing, e-commerce, online […]

Retail Asia25/10/2018

Vietnamese ride-hailing app FastGo has expanded its services to provinces in Vietnam like Dong Nai and Binh Duong, provinces neighboring HCMC. FastGo aims to cater to high travel demand within the southern provinces and for commutes between the provinces and Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Huu Tuat, general director of FastGo Vietnam, said that Bien […]

Retail Asia15/10/2018

FastGo CEO Nguyen Huu Tuat told on Friday that the app will have its own payment system and will “personalize” promotion deals that will match customers’ interests. “Our goal is to reach 30 percent of the market share after six months in these two countries,” he said. Explaining the choice of these two countries for the […]

Retail Asia09/10/2018

FastGo, a Vietnamese ride-hailing app, plans to launch its service in Indonesia and Myanmar in December as it hopes to become one of the top companies in the field in Southeast Asia. This move abroad comes just five months after it launched in Vietnam, positioning itself as the company’s answer to Singapore-based Grab, the biggest player […]

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Taxis, ride-hailing apps hike Tet ride charges

FastGo announces Vietnam’s first helicopter ride-sharing service

Vietnam ride-hailing app FastGo to hit Singapore streets

Vietnam’s FastGo eyes US, Brazil expansion

Singaporean ride-hailing startup TADA launches in Vietnam

Vietnamese platform FastGo expands to Myanmar

FastGo can’t go, say Vietnamese authorities

Vietnam leads Southeast Asia in digital economy development

FastGo drives into provincial markets in Vietnam

Vietnam’s FastGo app looks to speed across borders

Vietnam’s first car-hailing app FastGo heads overseas