Vang Vieng: What to know about the Laos city swept up in methanol …
6 days ago · But now, Vang Vieng’s drinking culture is back in the news. As reports of tourists’ deaths emerged in recent days, New Zealand, Australia, the UK, Canada and the US all issued statements ...
Laos methanol: Foreign hostel staff detained after poisonings as ...
2 days ago · The employees of the Nana Backpacker Hostel in the northern town of Vang Vieng, all Vietnamese nationals aged between 23 and 44, were arrested Monday by local police, state-affiliated newspaper ...
Laos methanol poisonings: Don’t drink local ‘Tiger’ spirits in Laos ...
4 hours ago · The manager of a hostel in Vang Vieng displays a bottle of Tiger Vodka in Vang Vieng, Laos, on November 19, 2024.
Laos' deadly alcohol poisoning casts shadow over backpacker town | AP News
6 days ago · VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under spotlight for a mass poisoning case that has killed at least six tourists and potentially injured scores of others.. News broke earlier this week that two Australian teens became critically ill after a night out drinking in the town of Vang Vieng. They died in Thai hospitals, with one ...
Laos hostel staff detained after suspected methanol deaths - BBC
3 days ago · He earlier told the Associated Press news agency that 19-year-old Australians Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles ... also died after she was believed to have ingested methanol while staying in Vang Vieng.
Laos methanol poisonings: Australian teens among six tourists …
Nov 21, 2024 · A British woman, another Australian teenager, an American and two Danes have also died in recent days following a spate of suspected poisonings in the popular backpacker destination of Vang...
Laos’ methanol poisoning deaths send chill through backpacker …
4 days ago · Vang Vieng, Laos – The streets of Vang Vieng are quieter than usual as global scrutiny falls on the backpacker hotspot following the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning.
Eight detained in Laos over mass poisoning as families ... - NBC News
2 days ago · Several of those who died had stayed at the Nana Backpackers Hostel in Vang Vieng, a town north of the capital, Vientiane, that is popular among backpackers. Guests at the hostel had reportedly ...
Laos methanol poisoning: Fifth tourist dies after 'tainted drinks'
Nov 21, 2024 · It is believed the victims may have consumed drinks laced with methanol while in the Laotian town of Vang Vieng British lawyer Simone White has become the fifth tourist to have died in a suspected ...
Mass poisoning blamed on tainted alcohol in Laos, with ... - NBC News
Nov 21, 2024 · Reports about the mass poisoning in Vang Vieng began to emerge last week after Jones and Bowles fell ill on Nov. 13 after a night out drinking with a group in the remote town.