VietNamNet Bridge - Vinasun and Mai Linh, the two dominant companies in the taxi market, are being threatened by newcomers such as Uber, Grabtaxi and Easytaxi which allow passengers to call taxis via smartphones.

 Transport operators, especially taxi companies, want to lift their rates following the increase in fuel prices last week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Taxi companies have made only superficial price cuts to mark the large fall in fuel prices, despite an order by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung that transport rates must be lowered before Tet (Lunar New Year).

 Fares have been slashed by 69 taxi and 15 long-distance passenger transport companies in the capital since last November, after authorities urged them to do so following fuel price reductions.

VietNamNet Bridge - After a series of overcharging cases against foreign tourists, Hanoi authorities will inspect several taxi firms that usually break the rules. The firms that repeat violations will have their license revoked.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Department of Transport has uncovered 20 taxi companies operating without licences and suspended 47 taxis from operation following three weeks of inspections.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several taxi firms have raised fares after the recent hike in domestic fuel prices. Enterprises expect to charge about 10 per cent more, reflecting the equivalent increase in the cost of petrol.

The latest hike in domestic fuel prices has surprised and dismayed many businesses and experts.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport’s inspectors on December 20 suspended the operation of the Petrolimex and Festival taxi firms at Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

VietNamNet Bridge – Seven mall taxi companies which do not have instruction center in Hanoi and HCM City have been suspended after the Ministry of Transport’s one-month inspection.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi authorities will apply various measures to restore order in the taxi market, including halting the establishment of new taxi companies, setting rules on color of taxis, etc.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Transport has told 11 taxi companies that operate at HCM City's Tan Son Nhat International Airport to improve services and distribute namecards with complaint hotline numbers to passengers,

VietNamNet Bridge – Many bus and taxis drivers have ignored a ruling requiring them to paste their prices, said deputy director of the city's Transport Department Nguyen Hoang Linh.