The rise and fall of Vang Vieng, Laos' notorious party town
Once notorious as a debauched riverside party town, Vang Vieng had cleaned up its act in recent years, but is now in the ...
How an idyllic Laos village turned into a hedonistic party hotspot
Most people who want to get from Vientiane to Vang Vieng take the bus. The small, secluded town is a two-hour ride from ...
The chilling ends of backpackers poisoned in Laos — who vomited blood for hours before their deaths
Two other backpackers among those dead after the mass poisoning event at a Laos hostel sent chilling text messages to a ...
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Laos Needs a Transparent and Thorough Investigation Into Methanol Deaths
The death of six foreigners in Vang Vieng threatens to undermine the government’s desperate attempts to revive its tourism ...
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The shots stop flowing in Laos party town amid fears for 12 ‘poisoned’ tourists
The bosses all went to Vientiane [the capital ... led to a police crackdown. Since then, Laos has tried to rebrand Vang ...
Methanol poisoning: how Laos horror happened
Southeast Asia has the "highest rates of methanol poisoning globally", said Al Jazeera, and this is often blamed on "economic ...
Eight detained in Laos over mass poisoning as families demand answers
Eight employees of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained for questioning after six foreign tourists died from ...
Father of Australian teen who died in Laos urges government ‘to protect others’ from tainted alcohol
The father of an Australian teenager who died from suspected methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a ...
With a vacuum of information from police, amateur sleuths hone in on backpacker hostel in Laos poisoning case
Weeks on from the first case of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos, fellow backpackers investigate the culprit in lieu of ...