A run on the strong-smelling durian fruit from Southeast Asia is bringing new prosperity to the Thai province of Chanthaburi.
Thailand will resume exporting durian to China by Monday as quick contamination tests are under way, according to Deputy ...
In Cai Be District, only around 30% of off-season durian farms yielded fruit this year ... no flowers," said local farmer Hoa. Only the Thai durian variety she grew flowered, she added.
Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Just one 2.5-kilogram durian from Nonthaburi, Thailand, can cost $380. Yet the fruit has a smell that some people find extremely unpleasant.