Seeing our neighbor’s durian orchard earning profits of VND500 million (US$20,100) per harvest, my wife insisted that I borrow money to start growing the fruit. My hometown is a large durian growing ...

Prices of the highest-grade Monthong and Ri6 durian varieties at traders have doubled from two months ago to VND150,000 (US$5.3) and VND135,000 per kilogram amid a declining supply situation. Hoang, a ...

The country’s earnings from fresh durian exports plunged by more than half last year due to weather-related shocks which ...

NANNING, May 29 (Xinhua) -- It is May and markets across China are bursting with durians, as it is peak harvest season across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the main exporter of ...

In a quiet village in central Java, farmers report that their durian fruit trees have failed to bear fruit amid local anxieties over climate change and other environmental shifts. Every year farmers ...

With the upcoming durian harvest, more enterprising ad-hoc sellers are popping up online. Veteran durian businesses say they have witnessed more online sellers looking to make a quick buck. But they ...

Yee (left) being served a durian by orchard worker Liew Tor Choong at a fruit farm in Kulai, Johor. Malaysian farmers’ method of harvesting durians by allowing them to drop instead of cutting fruits ...

After at least three years of cultivation, China will harvest its first crop of domestically grown durian this month in the southern Hainan province. While this has left consumers hopeful for more ...

Thailand’s commerce minister has visited Chanthaburi to oversee preparations for a bumper durian season, with output forecast to hit 2.071 million tonnes this year, a 33% increase on last year. The ...

In the early morning hours of Chanthaburi Province, the first rays of sunlight slowly illuminate vast stretches of fruit orchards. Large durians hang heavily from the branches, their distinctive aroma ...