In addition to purchasing tickets as usual, customers using VinBus‘ services can choose contactless domestic chip cards to ensure safety during the pandemic.

On March 8, 2022, VinBus Ecological Transport Service Co., Ltd officially opened the first electric bus route connecting with the public passenger transport system in Ho Chi Minh City. The first electric bus route in Ho Chi Minh City with number D4 officially went into operation on March 9, 2022. The bus will reach areas with high travel demand such as companies, factories, high-tech zones, new urban areas, administrative centers of Thu Duc City, etc. Many essential routes, although densely populated have not had enough bus services.

VinBus applies the general fare policy of city bus routes at 3,000 VND/trip for students and 7,000 VND for the remaining group of passengers. Pre-sale tickets cost 157,500 VND/set of 30 tickets (issued by the Public Traffic Management Center and sold at Saigon Bus Station). VinBus offers free tickets for the elderly, people with disabilities, children with a height of 1.3m or less and other policy beneficiaries according to the city’s regulations.

Especially, when buying tickets directly on VinBus electric buses, people in Ho Chi Minh City can choose to use contactless domestic chip cards, ensuring safety during the pandemic season from TPBank, BIDV, Agribank, etc. SHB, Viet Capital Bank, SeABank, Viet Bank. This is a payment solution jointly developed by VinBus and NAPAS, in order to bring convenience to customers, as well as promote cashless payment methods. Furthermore, passengers can also use the UniPass card issued by the Public Transport Management Center in collaboration with Zion company to pay in the car.

VinBus is the first smart electric bus model in Vietnam manufactured by VinFast and operated by VinBus. These buses use clean energy, no emissions nor noise pollution. In addition, VinBus is also equipped with many modern technologies and high safety such as: Automatic driver behaviour control; Risk warning; Auto-lower mode for the elderly, children, disabled people, pregnant women… to get on easily; Free WiFi, cashless payment, USB charging port, entertainment screen, security camera…

Source: tinxe.vn