Once notorious as a debauched riverside party town, Vang Vieng had cleaned up its act in recent years, but is now in the ...

Australia has warned travelers against drinking spirits made by a Laos distiller, following the deaths of six foreign ...

Australia has warned travellers not to drink some liquors in Laos, following a spate of deaths linked to suspected methanol ...

A backpacker in Laos has said a snap decision made on a whim may have saved her from being another victim of a suspected mass ...

Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of ...

The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town in Southeast Asia that has worked hard in recent years to shed its reputation ...

Details have been murky over the number of tourists affected and the possible source of the methanol-laced drinks.

Officials arrested eight hostel workers in Laos on Monday for allegedly poisoning travelers with methanol, according to ...

Laos party-goers are on edge and sticking to beer after six tourists were killed by 'methanol poisoning', with backpackers in ...

Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven staff members of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng following the deaths of ...

Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular ...

A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died, according to a family ...