Gojek shifts gears to introduce car rides in Vietnam

By Vien Thong May 5, 2021 | 11:11 pm PT

A Gojek driver hands a delivery package to a customer. Photo courtesy of Gojek Vietnam.

Indonesia-based ride hailing company Gojek will start offering car rides service in Vietnam in the next few weeks and allow cashless payments later this year.

Gojek Vietnam CEO Phung Tuan Duc said Wednesday that the new service will be called GoCar.

He did not mention a specific date for the launch, but said the service will comply with all pandemic prevention measures.

Duc said that although Gojek is a latecomer for its GoCar service, "the ride-hailing market and on-demand services will continue to flourish, with lots of space for other ride-hailing players to develop. So we have confidence in expanding the business."

Administrators of Gojek drivers’ official group on Facebook announced that car drivers introduced to Gojek by transport cooperatives can become the riders for the GoCar service. A total of 17 transport cooperatives have been working with Gojek.

Gojek entered Vietnam in August 2018 as GoViet. The company became Gojek Vietnam last year. It offers three services at present - motorbike rides (Gojek), delivery of goods (GoSend) and food delivery (GoFood). Other ride-hailing companies like Singapore’s Grab and Vietnam’s Be have all these three services plus car rides.