With skill and dedication, Le Ngoc Duc turns humble agarwood into breathtaking portraits and cultural symbols.

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: For thousands of years, agarwood has been known as "The Wood of the Gods." First-grade agarwood can cost as much as $100,000 per kilogram ...

Kynam wood, or Agarwood, costs $10,000 (more than Rs 8.50 lakh) per gram, while 10 grams cost around Rs 85 lakh, making it ...

When we think of precious materials, gold and diamonds often come to mind. However, there exists a rare and extraordinary ...

The goal: to produce the highly prized agarwood. Agarwood, also known as gaharu in Malaysia, is a fragrant dark resinous wood formed in the heart of the tree trunk that is used in the production ...

Guwahati, February 26: Assam, the nerve centre of India's agarwood industry, has been playing a crucial role in the extraction and value addition of agarwood, said Assam’s Minister of Industries ...

Scientist Zhang Huarong walks through the forest near his Hong Kong research lab, gesturing towards a rotting incense tree stump. It is one of over a dozen trees illegally cut for the valuable ...

CHENNAI: In a unique case booked by Chennai Airport Customs, officials on Monday morning seized around 18 kg of Sri Lankan agarwood chips and three litres of agar oil, together worth Rs 50 lakh.