The Prime Minister has directed relevant ministries, agencies and localities to take more effective measures to promote sustainable production and export of durian. 

Prime Ministerial dispatch No. 71/CD-TTg, signed by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on May 23, asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to focus on directing durian production in line with the national development plan for key fruit crops through 2025 and 2030, ensuring supply-demand balance and compliance with quality standards for domestic consumption and export markets.

The ministry is also tasked with promoting trade negotiations to open additional export markets for Vietnamese durian.

The dispatch also called for a comprehensive review, revision, and improvement of management regulations, the use of planting area codes and packaging facilities, ensuring that the rules are transparent, feasible, consistent, and aligned with international practices as well as Vietnam’s conditions.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is required to coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to build and develop the national brand for Vietnamese durian, boost trade promotion, expand export markets, and connect businesses in the field.

The Ministry of Finance is instructed to study to provide financial, credit and tax support for enterprises in durian processing, preserving and technological application.

The durian growing area increased 19.5% annually in the 2015-2024 period. In 2024, the total growing area of durian reached nearly 180,000ha with an average output of 1.5 million tons. Last year’s durian exports earned almost $3.2 billion.