(VOVWORLD) -As Tet (Lunar New Year) approaches, Bao An incense-making village in Mai Phu commune (formerly Thach My commune, ...

As Lunar New Year nears, Quan Huong village in Da Nang works round-the-clock to fulfill the year’s biggest incense orders.

With a history spanning over 300 years, the traditional incense-making village of Dong Khe in Thanh Hoa province is bustling ...

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Beyond Four Days: A Longer Timeline of Incense Seen from a distance, the four-day exhibition is only a brief moment in a much longer historical arc. The incense market of Liaobu traces its origins ...

Agarwood forms as the resin secreted by agarwood trees native to Southeast Asia, which endure harsh natural conditions, condenses over a long period. /Courtesy of Jung Kwan Jang During winter, the ...

VALUABLE WOOD. Officials in Naval, Biliran checks a tree where an agarwood can be formed on Wednesday (Dec. 3. 2025). The Department of Science and Technology, through its Forest Products Research and ...

The coastal city of Maoming in South China's Guangdong province is planning to strengthen the development of the agarwood industry in its Dianbai district by expanding incense tree plantations and ...

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Agarwood is known as "black gold" or "wood of the Gods" and is basically the dark resin that Aquilaria trees eject when they are infected or damaged. Agarwood is extremely rare resulting in the high ...

On August 29, 2025, the Toronto Agarwood Culture Appreciation and Exchange, hosted by the World Association of Chinese Mass Media, unfolded as a one-day pilgrimage of incense and community spirit.