Mini Thai durian prices halve on high supply

Trang, an online fruit vendor in HCMC, said she buys around 85-100 boxes of 20 fruits at a time and sells them for VND65,000-130,000.

A mini durian imported from Thailand. Photo by Thanh Hoan

Another vendor, Thanh, sells around 50-150 kilograms of the fruit each day. The fruit is transported through Cambodia to Vietnam, she added.

Vendors said there is a large supply of the mini durians, but added that though they are cheaper than the Ri6 variety grown in Vietnam customers should not buy them if they are too small (800 grams or less) since the quality would then be low.

Vendors at the Thu Duc wholesale market do not import the mini durians because their quality is inconsistent.