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 ...

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

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

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

Eight employees of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained for questioning after six foreign tourists died from ...

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 ...

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

“(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 ...