- Severe traffic congestion in city attributed partly to rapid increase in Uber, Grab fleets, which amount to tens of thousands of vehicles: newspaper cites HCMC transport department
- Suspension in place until Ministry of Transport reviews pilot program on ride-hailing services and reports to premier: newspaper cites HCMC government
- HCMC traffic now includes more than 7 million motorcycles, about 1 million automobiles: Saigon Times reports Oct 26, citing data from city’s transport department

Grab, Uber ordered to stop Vietnam service expansion

(Oct 26): Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) government instructs its transport department to direct ride-hailing services Uber, Grab and transport firms to suspend additions of new automobiles of 9 seats or less, newspaper reports, citing info from local authorities.
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