Despite this visceral description of the durian’s pungent odour, the fact remains that the 'king of fruits' is more popular today than ever, not just domestically, but also internationally.

In 2024, Vietnam’s durian exports reached a record high of ... appealed for support to sell her relative’s shipment of 18kg of small-seed durians for VND800,000 (around VND44,000 per kilogram).

Finding the taste unsatisfactory, Abd Malik, 64, who operates his business in Kampung Baru, improved the recipe two months ago by adding the pulp of an entire durian seed into each akok.

Farmers growing durian and coffee earned up to billions of dong (VND1 billion = US$39,500) last year thanks to soaring prices or yields. Thanh, a coffee farmer in the Central Highlands' Kon Tum ...

There are public calls to save durian exporters who, because of delays caused by China's new thorough screening ... Nguyen Thuy, a resident of Ninh Binh’s Yen Khanh District, appealed for support to ...