Snapshot
The fast read before the deep dive.
How a delivery actually works
Tap to ride to drop in four moves.
The service tiers
Bicycles exist. Motorbikes do the work.
A common misconception: GrabExpress in Vietnam is a bicycle delivery service. It isn't. The fleet is overwhelmingly motorbikes (xe máy). Bicycles appear only on the small "Instant — Bike" tier in select cities for short, light parcels. The defining vehicle of the operation is the same one Vietnam already runs on.
How to become a delivery person
From sign-up to first ping in roughly a week.
Driver economics
How fast people get deliveries
Real numbers from the Grab VN service spec.
How much the company is making
Grab Holdings doesn't report Vietnam alone. The Deliveries segment is the proxy.
Grab reports Deliveries (food + GrabExpress + GrabMart) as a single segment across eight Southeast Asian markets. Vietnam-only revenue is not broken out. What we know: Vietnam is one of Grab's two biggest markets by user base, Deliveries is the company's largest segment at 53% of revenue, and 2025 was the first year the parent posted a full-year profit.
Timeline
From Kuala Lumpur taxi app to Vietnam's default courier.
Who else is on the road
Grab is dominant, not unchallenged.
What isn't working
The unresolved questions under the green jacket.
Sources
Pulled 2026-05-28. Cross-checked across operator pages, SEC filings, academic studies, and driver interviews.