Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Lotus silk is one of the rarest fabrics in the world, produced only in small scale across Cambodia, Myanmar, and, more recently, Vietnam.

Phan Thi Thuan extracts yarn from lotus stalks and turns the fiber into silk that is more expensive than regular varieties. My Duc District’s Phung Xa Commune, about 40 km from Hanoi, has a tradition ...

Ever the emissaries, it was through them I’d learned of Myanmar’s prized artisanal textile, lotus silk. This silk—which is amongst the most rare in the world due to the short harvesting ...

But making this "silk" isn’t easy. Extracting enough lotus silk for one scarf can take two months, and the final product can cost 10 times as much as regular silk. So just how is it made, and ...

The following is a transcript of the video. 1. Lotus silk Lotus silk is one of the rarest fabrics in the world. It's produced only on a small scale across Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Recently, Bangladesh successfully developed lotus silk — a biodegradable luxury fabric — using lotus stems, merging ancient tradition with ...

In an era marked by climate urgency and an escalating demand for sustainable alternatives, Bangladesh has introduced a notable innovation in the textile industry: lotus silk — a rare, biodegradable, ...