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

SINGAPORE: Laos has banned the sale and consumption of a brand of whisky and vodka following the death of six tourists from ...

At least six tourists who traveled to Laos have died in recent days, prompting international alarm about the dangers of ...

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 ...

The death of six foreigners in Vang Vieng threatens to undermine the government’s desperate attempts to revive its tourism ...

Police in Laos have detained eight members of staff at a backpacker hostel following the deaths of six tourists from ...

Southeast Asia has the "highest rates of methanol poisoning globally", said Al Jazeera, and this is often blamed on "economic ...

“(We are) aware of a number of cases of suspected methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng, possibly through the consumption of methanol-laced alcoholic drinks,” the US Embassy in Vientiane said in a ...

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

Doctors have revealed a common treatment to slow the effects of methanol poisoning. It comes after six people died following ...

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