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 ...

The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town in ...

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 ...

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

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

Laotian authorities have been working to rid the town of its deadly reputation. Clearly, they haven’t worked hard enough.