AS a heatwave engulfed northern and central Vietnam earlier this month, customers reaching for their phones to order food or a ride on the Grab app learned they would have to pay a surcharge.
The extra fee, applied when the local temperature hits 35˚C (95˚F), came months after the South-East Asian platform company introduced a rainy-weather fee in Vietnam.
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