Central Retail Việt Nam's staff deliver essential goods to residents in flood-stricken Phủ Lý City, Hà Nam Province. — Photo courtesy of the company

HÀ NỘI — Businesses in Việt Nam are launching campaigns to raise donations and support the people and communities affected by floods and landslides in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi.

Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has spent VNĐ10 billion (US$407,300) from its social security fund as preliminary assistance for localities devastated by storms and floods, along with launching a campaign to call on all employees to make donations.

Central Retail Group is providing 10,000 packages of essential goods (including parcels containing a box of noodles and a box of purified drinking water) worth around VNĐ1.25 billion in total to support affected families.

Three domestic carriers, Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet and Bamboo Airways, have announced that they will be sending relief goods to affected northern provinces free of charge later this month.

Vietnam Airlines will provide free transportation on its flights to Nội Bài (Hà Nội), Cát Bi (Hải Phòng), Vinh (Nghệ An), Thọ Xuân (Thanh Hoá), Vân Đồn (Quảng Ninh) and Điện Biên.

Bamboo Airways will transport relief goods free of charge from HCM City, Đà Nẵng, Cam Ranh, Quy Nhơn and Đà Lạt to Hà Nội.

Vietjet will also transport relief goods free of charge from both domestic and international donors to typhoon-affected regions until September 20.

Aid from Việt Nam Fatherland Front committees, provincial and municipal people’s committees, Việt Nam Red Cross associations and licensed charity funds will be eligible for free transportation to stricken areas.

Transporting relief goods to flood-affected residents in Quang Vinh Ward, Thái Nguyên City. — VNA/VNS Photo

Starting today, Vietnam Post is also providing free transportation of relief goods to 12 provinces hit by the typhoon, including Hải Phòng, Quảng Ninh, Yên Bái, Bắc Giang, Lạng Sơn, Thái Nguyên, Cao Bằng, Bắc Kạn, Sơn La, Lào Cai, Phú Thọ and Tuyên Quang.

Vietnam Railways Corporation has also announced it will provide free transportation for relief goods to people in areas affected by Typhoon No. 3, organised by individuals or organisations through the Provincial People's Committee, the provincial Fatherland Front, and the provincial Red Cross.

As one of the most powerful typhoons to hit the country in the past 30 years, Yagi has wreaked havoc across northern provinces and cities, causing alarming flooding and landslides. As of Wednesday morning, Yagi has claimed 141 lives and left 59 missing. — VNS