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*Disclaimer: I managed GoCatch operations from Nov 2013 to Mar 2014.

GoCatch has ride-sharing options since February 2016 (that's two years). While I can't state accurately to today's figures, there was akin to 350,000+ unique passengers last time I poked around.

In ASEAN/AP region, Grab is huge. It's founder is from the region (Malaysia) and arguably bigger than Uber in most countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and yes, Vietnam: https://www.grab.com/vn/en/

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> GoCatch has ride-sharing options since February 2016 (that's two years).

I just opened the app now; I can't see the option? (what am I looking for?)

> In ASEAN/AP region, Grab is huge

Ah. I forgot about Grab. I think I saw some media about them, but can't say I know anyone that has tried them.

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No worries. There's five rows to interact with in the app. Pickup time, Pickup location, Destination, Car type and Request. Car type is what you're after.

Selecting 'Economy' car type puts you in a ride share, Taxi and Maxi are taxi-related rides, Premium is hire cars or Uber.

Ride types and the monikers given have been a natural evolution in the industry. Even for most folks, when they say 'Uber' they're likely referring to 'UberX' not a hire car premium experience.

Grab's massive! Unless you're deep in the country, you might not have known but it's actually pretty big. Quote from CNBC from June 2017: "Grab facilitates as many as 2.5 million rides each day, making it the largest ride-hailing platform in Southeast Asia with over 930,000 drivers in 55 cities and seven countries. In the past six months alone, daily rides have more than doubled."

Steve Yegge famously just joined them after leaving Google/Amazon, a great blog read if you're curious about their culture, mission.