Representatives of Co.opmart Tam Ky present gifts to people whose houses were badly damaged by Typhoon Damrey in Tra Van Commune, Nam Tra My District, and Tra Sơn Commune, Bac Tra My District. — VNS Photo Courtesy of Co.opmart

Saigon Co.op and Co.opmart supermarkets have made donations of cash and essential goods to victims of Typhoon Damrey in the south-central region earlier this month besides organising mobile sales campaigns to sell essential goods at cheap prices.

In Nha Trang, Co.opmart Nha Trang donated to 100 disadvantaged families and those covered by the Government’s preferential policies in Van Ninh District and Ninh Hoa town the two localities hit worst by the storm.

Each set of relief items was worth VND1.2 million, consisting of VND500,000 in cash and VND700,000 worth of goods.

Its mobile sales vehicles were at Van Ninh market on November 13 and 14 and Ninh Diem Ward in Nha Trang on November 15 and 16.

Despite the difficulties in travelling due to damaged roads, executives from Co.opmart Tam Ky on November 15 visited Quang Nam Province and donated relief materials worth VND50 million to 50 disadvantaged households in Tra Van Commune, Nam Tra My District, and Tra Sơn Commune, Bac Tra My District.

Co.opmart Quang Ngai and Co.opmart Hue each gave relief materials worth VND100 million to 100 families in Quang Ngai and Thua Thien-Hue Provinces.

Co.opmart Hue also organised mobile sale trips with discounts of 20-50 per cent in storm-affected areas.

In Phu Yen Province, Co.opmart Tuy Hoa plans to organise a sales trip to sell at cost prices and donate relief items to 50 families in Xuan Quang Commune, Dong Xuan District. — VNS