Vietnam's much highly touted durian becomes country's biggest earner in fruits and vegetable export industry

HANOI (Bernama-Xinhua): The export value of Vietnamese durian hit US$1.63 billion in the first nine months of 2023, making durian the biggest foreign currency earner in Vietnam's fruit and vegetable industry, according to a Vietnam News report on Wednesday.

The cited number was 14 times higher than the figure for the same period last year, according to the General Department of Customs.