Mrs Le, who runs two Trang Hue Vietnamese eateries in the CBD and a food truck, said about 30-40 members of her family lived in the affected area.

"I have my mum's family, my dad's family [and others] there," she said.

Ms Le said so far they had fortunately avoided the worst of the devastation which had hit the region around her home town of Hue.

"We're lucky, my mum has a high house, there was water only in a corner of the kitchen," she said.

She is asking local businesses to donate money and/or items that can be raffled to raise funds.

Ms Le has started a GoFundMe account seeking to raise $3000.

"Vietnam has been tragically hit with horrific storms and floods causing many deaths in the community and the whole community left with no food or water," she said on the GoFundMe page.

"I want to help them buy one box of 2-minute noodles and one bag of rice [which] costs $25.

She said that amount of food would give a family "something to eat for few days" during the floods.

"I hope everyone can help me, as little as $1 can go a long way for the Hue people at the moment.

"We would greatly appreciate any donation you could make."

Ms Le said all the money raised would be sent to the people in Hue next week.

She said she had already had support from about 10 businesses and was hoping to get some more help.

A donation box has also been set up in her cafes.

At least 36 people have died and 12 people are missing after storms hit the central provinces in the past week, international news services have reported.

Most of the victims, 30 people, were washed away by floodwaters.

Vietnam's national disaster management authority said about 46,000 people had been evacuated from affected areas. The floods have inundated more than 135,000 homes and 6100 hectares of crops. More than 330,000 animals have also been swept away.

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