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 ...

In the last two weeks, six tourists have reportedly died from suspected methanol poisoning due to tainted drinks in a holiday ...

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 ...

The Laotian government on Saturday officially acknowledged the mass poisoning that has killed at least six tourists, pledging ...

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

I still remember the first time I saw Vang Vieng, in Laos. It was many years ago, before the Chinese began pouring money in ...

The deaths of six backpackers this week, including British solicitor Simone White, has raised the spectre of a Laotian ...

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

Vang Vieng, Laos - 13, 2024 Video shot from inside the hostel on Nov 13, 2024. Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in ...

Six tourists from Australia, Denmark, the United States, and the United Kingdom died in Laos due to methanol poisoning. In ...