A run on the strong-smelling durian fruit from Southeast Asia is bringing new prosperity to the Thai province of Chanthaburi.

In Ningbo, Zhejiang, David W. Ferguson, honorary chief English editor at Foreign Languages Press, met Jin Lishen, the ...

The country's total fruit exports increased 48% in value in 2021 to some 6.2 billion U.S. dollars, making Thailand the world's 7 th largest fruit exporter, according to Global Trade Atlas data.

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.

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.