Auctioning a 'durian queen' Ri6, earning over 1.4 billion VND

The female owner (left) won the auction of 350 million VND for an ancient durian and received the first gold-plated durian - Photo: MINH PHUONG

At noon on September 1, at a conference on durian, the People's Committee of Krong Pak district (Dak Lak) organized an auction of 3 durians, in which the "durian queen" Ri6 was auctioned for more than 1.4 billion VND.

The first durian to be auctioned was taken from a tree over 100 years old grown at the CADA plantation, with a starting price of 60 million VND. Finally, a business won the auction for the durian with a price of 350 million VND.

The second durian to be auctioned is of the Dona variety with a starting price of 70 million VND. This durian was carefully selected from dozens of durian growers and went through a rigorous selection process.

Like the old durian, many businesses have offered auction prices with jumps of 200, 400, then 700, 800 million VND.

Finally, with the "determination to own the Dona durian", the businesswoman of Hong Sang Company won the auction with a price of 800 million VND. When receiving the gold-plated Dona durian, this businesswoman also announced to support the locality with an additional 100 million VND for social security.

The person who won the auction of Dona durian with the amount of 800 million VND - Photo: MINH PHUONG

The most dramatic auction was the third durian of the Ri6 variety, known as the "durian queen", with a starting price of 60 million VND and many businesses wanted to own it.

The highest bidder for the "durian queen" Ri6 was a durian businesswoman in Dak Lak with 500 million VND. She called on some people to contribute more money to auction the durian with her, to help the locality have more resources to take care of social security.

Finally, the closing price at the Ri6 durian auction was more than 1.4 billion VND.

This businesswoman said that the Ri6 durian variety is the pride of Vietnam and comes from Cho Lach district (Ben Tre), her hometown.

"The purpose of today's auction is to contribute to social security, so winning this auction is the joy and happiness of the business. The Ri6 fruit that won this auction will not belong to anyone but I will bring it back to give to Uncle Sau Ri - the father of this durian variety," said this businesswoman.

Mr. Nguyen Thien Van - Vice Chairman of Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee - presented to Ms. Ngo Tuong Vi - Chairman of Chanh Thu Group - the winner of the Ri6 durian auction for 500 million VND and called for more than 900 million VND more to contribute to social security in Krong Pak district - Photo: MINH PHUONG

Thus, the auction price of the three durians is 2.55 billion VND and the entire amount will be transferred to the People's Committee of Krong Pak district to implement the local social security program.

Ms. Ngo Thi Minh Trinh - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Krong Pak District - said that the auction winner, in addition to receiving the durian he bought, will also receive a gold-plated durian for display and souvenir.

Of which, the Ri6 gold-plated durian is worth 50 million VND, and the souvenir Dona durian is worth 70 million VND. "The district will use all the winning auction proceeds to serve social security work for the people," said Ms. Trinh.

Dak Lak province has over 32,000 hectares of durian, of which the pure planting area is about 9,500 hectares and the intercropping area is about 23,000 hectares. This is the province with the second largest durian output in the country, estimated at 280,000 tons.

Krong Pak district alone currently has over 7,000 hectares of durian, with an estimated output of over 92,000 tons this year, contributing to Vietnam's export turnover of 2.24 billion USD in 2023.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/ban-dau-gia-1-trai-nu-hoang-sau-rieng-ri6-thu-ve-hon-1-4-ti-dong-20240901130551104.htm