Shocking: Three durians were auctioned for more than 2.5 billion VND

On September 1, within the framework of the Krong Pak durian festival, at the workshop "Building and developing a sustainable durian ecosystem", the organizers auctioned 3 durians including: durian from an ancient tree over 100 years old, Ri6 durian and Dona durian to find the "queen" durian.

At the program, delegates were very excited about the auction of precious durian and were also given a gold-plated durian worth over 50 million VND/fruit as a souvenir.

The money from the durian auction will be used for social security purposes, for the poor in Krong Pak district.

Mr. Nguyen Thien Van, Vice Chairman of Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee, presented the "Queen durian" Ri6, which was auctioned for over 1.4 billion VND, to a female entrepreneur (Photo: Uy Nguyen).

The first durian to be auctioned was from a 100-year-old tree grown at the Cada plantation, with a starting price of VND60 million. After several offers, a businessman bought the durian for VND350 million.

Next, the Dona durian with a starting price of 70 million VND, many businessmen offered prices of 200-700 million VND and finally the businesswoman of Hong Sang Company fixed the price at 800 million VND.

Receiving the precious durian, the businesswoman also said she would support an additional 100 million VND for the organizing committee to carry out social security programs.

The last durian to be auctioned was Ri6 durian. From the starting price of 60 million VND, many businessmen offered prices ranging from 100-450 million VND to own this durian.

In addition to owning a real durian, the auction winner will also receive a gold-plated durian worth over 50 million VND/fruit as a souvenir (Photo: Uy Nguyen).

Finally, the Ri6 durian was won by Ms. Ngo Tuong Vi, Chairman of Chanh Thu Group, at the auction price of 500 million VND. In addition, this businesswoman also called on some auction participants to contribute an additional 900 million VND to support the social security work of Krong Pak district. The total auction price of the Ri6 durian was over 1.4 billion VND.

Ms. Vi shared that because the purpose is to help the poor, the successful auction is even more meaningful. Regarding the "durian queen" Ri6, Ms. Vi said she will bring it back to her hometown Ben Tre to give to Mr. Sau Ri - the person known as the father of this durian variety.

At the end of the auction, the total amount of more than 2.5 billion VND successfully auctioned will be implemented by the People's Committee of Krong Pak district into the local social security program.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/an-sinh/soc-ba-qua-sau-rieng-duoc-ban-dau-gia-hon-25-ty-dong-20240901153011249.htm