Vietnamese taxi operator Vinasun has taken popular ride-hailing service Grab to court in Ho Chi Minh City, claiming that the “illegal operations” of the latter in Vietnam caused its company revenues to fall in 2016 and 2017. Grab and Uber are to be officially authorized in Vietnam after completing trial runs, but the government has pledged to impose stricter controls. Last month, Vietnam’s leading taxi company Mai Linh asked the government to ease its social insurance responsibilities, saying that popular ride-hailing apps were pushing it to the brink of insolvency. As of the end of October last year, the company owed nearly VND182 billion ($8 million) in workers’ social insurance contributions.