The director of a durian exporting company in Dak Lak said that this year's durian price is not as high as last year's but is more stable. This makes it much easier for businesses to purchase durian to pay for export orders.

Currently, the price of durian in growing areas purchased at the garden ranges from 42,000-95,000 VND/kg depending on the type. This price helps farmers earn very high profits from the billion-dollar fruit.

Vietnamese durian is highly regarded for its quality compared to Thai products, and its prices are also more competitive. Thanks to that, the amount of durian exported has increased and there is still much room for development in the Chinese market, the director said.

According to Mr. Dang Phuc Nguyen - General Secretary of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association, Vietnam's durian exports this year will certainly exceed the 3 billion USD mark. Because October is the harvest season for this fruit in large-scale growing areas such as Gia Lai and Lam Dong. Off-season durian in the Western provinces will also be harvested in the last months of this year.

This is also the time when competitors such as Thailand and Malaysia have finished their harvest season, so the price of Vietnamese durian will be very high.

The price of star jasmine flowers is 60 - 70 thousand VND/kg.

One of the new models that has helped Duc Hue farmers reap the most success in recent years is the organic model of growing passion flower.

Up to now, the model of growing passion flower is continuously being multiplied in Duc Hue district, with an area of ​​over 40 hectares, most of which are implemented in the direction of organic, VietGAP, attracting hundreds of production workers, mainly concentrated in Binh Hoa Bac and My Thanh Dong communes.

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Mr. Phung Tien Duc, a member of the Binh Hoa Bac Commune Agricultural Cooperative, one of the first households to grow passionflower in the locality, shared that if properly cared for, passionflower can be harvested after 4 months of planting. Currently, thanks to high demand, product output is quite stable, with selling prices reaching 60-70 thousand VND/kg.

“Thanks to mastering techniques and effectively preventing pests, my family's more than 4,000 square meters of passionflower are always green and can be harvested all year round. Compared to rice, passionflower brings in 5 times more income, about 200-300 million VND/ha/year,” Mr. Duc happily revealed.

Not only does it help households increase production value per unit of cultivated area, the model of growing passionflower also creates stable jobs for hundreds of local workers, with an income of 4 - 6 million VND/month.

Ms. Nguyen Thi My, My Thanh Dong commune, confided: “Since the district developed the cultivation of passion flower, many idle women in the locality have had jobs and stable income. Especially for older women who cannot apply for jobs in enterprises, flower harvesting helps them earn extra money and is close to home to take care of their families.”

Lemon prices are high

Gardener Pham Van Kha, Bung Lon B hamlet, Tam Ngai commune, Cau Ke district happily said: his family has nearly 0.4ha of purple-flowered Chinese lemon; previously, when the rainy season came, the price of lemons dropped sharply, only 3,000 - 4,000 VND/kg. But this year's rainy season is different, the price of lemons has increased too much, his family has just harvested nearly 04 tons of lemons, selling them at 14,000 VND/kg. Lemon productivity usually fluctuates between 25 - 30 tons of fruit/ha/year and only need lemons at a price of 5,000 VND/kg for the gardener to have a stable income.

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According to statistics from the Cau Ke District Gardening Association, the district currently has more than 154 hectares of rambutan with an output of 2,700 tons/year, 330 hectares of lemon with an output of 8,500 tons of fruit/year, 2,600 hectares of orange with an output of 157,770 tons of fruit/year and more than 4,900 hectares of coconut with an output of 76,697 tons/year...

Dried coconut prices increase sharply

Learning about the current high price of coconuts, according to traders who buy dry coconuts, the current decrease in coconut output is due to the previous dry months (from March to June) and the coconut gardens that produce bunches and fruit at this time are reduced, and the fruit falls off. Along with that, the source of dry coconuts is purchased by traders in Ben Tre province and exported heavily to China.

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Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tuan Hang Agricultural Cooperative, Tan Hoa Commune, Tieu Can District, said: Currently, the price of dried coconuts purchased by the cooperative is 117,000 VND/dozen (if the garden owner picks them, he will add 10,000 VND/dozen) and the price of coconuts increases or decreases depending on the growing area. For coconut growing areas in Cang Long and Cau Ke districts, the price is often higher than in other localities.

Ms. Cao Thi Thu Thuy, An Hoa Hamlet, An Phu Tan Commune, Cau Ke District said: her family has about 0.3 hectares of coconuts. In August 2024, the family harvested 60 dozen coconuts and the price of dry coconuts was about 90,000 VND/dozen. By September 2024, the price of dry coconuts increased quite high, traders bought them at the garden for 130,000 VND/dozen (the family picked them themselves plus 10,000 VND/dozen); with such coconut prices, the income of gardeners is very stable; an average of 22 - 25 million VND/ha/month.

Gasoline prices increase sharply, RON 95 exceeds 20,000 VND/liter

Based on the management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade - Ministry of Finance, businesses simultaneously adjusted gasoline prices from 3:00 p.m. today.

Compared to the previous adjustment period, the price of RON 95 gasoline increased by 756 VND/liter, up to 20,518 VND/liter. The retail price of E5 RON 92 gasoline increased by 679 VND/liter, up to 19,620 VND/liter.

Diesel prices increased by VND463/liter to VND17,506/liter. Kerosene retail prices increased by VND322/liter to VND17,873/liter. Fuel oil prices increased by VND531/kg to VND15,357/kg.

Since the beginning of the year, gasoline prices have increased 19 times and decreased 19 times. Oil prices have increased 16 times and decreased 22 times. In this management period, the management agency has not set aside a price stabilization fund for oil, and continues to not use the price stabilization fund for all gasoline products.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade - Finance, the world oil market in this management period (from September 19 to 26) is affected by factors such as the US Federal Reserve (FED) deciding to cut interest rates, storms in the US Gulf of Mexico, China's oil demand remains weak, the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues, etc. The above factors have caused world oil prices in recent days to increase and decrease depending on each product.

The average price of finished petroleum products in the world during the mid-term price adjustment period from September 19 to 26 was 77.018 USD/barrel of RON92 gasoline used to blend E5RON92 gasoline (up 0.508 USD/barrel, equivalent to an increase of 0.66%); 81.504 USD/barrel of RON95 gasoline (up 0.910 USD/barrel, equivalent to an increase of 1.13%); 82.988 USD/barrel of kerosene (down 1.208 USD/barrel, equivalent to a decrease of 1.43%); 81.734 USD/barrel of 0.05S diesel (down 0.516 USD/barrel, equivalent to a decrease of 0.63%); 426.888 USD/ton of 180CST 3.5S fuel oil (up 14.204 USD/ton, equivalent to an increase of 3.44%).