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 ...
Vang Vieng: What to know about the Laos city swept up in …
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 ...
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 ...
Hostel staff detained after 6 tourists' deaths linked to ... - CBS News
2 days ago · At least 6 tourists dead after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos 00:30. Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven staff members of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng following the deaths of ...
Deaths rise to 6 in mass alcohol poisoning of ... - Associated Press News
Nov 22, 2024 · VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, her family said Friday, bringing the death toll in the mass poisoning of foreign tourists to six.. Holly Bowles, 19, had been in critical condition on life support following the poisoning in Laos more than a week ago.
Laos hostel staff detained after suspected methanol deaths - BBC
3 days ago · Police continue to investigate the deaths of six tourists in the tourist town of Vang Vieng. ... from suspected methanol poisoning last week. ... Press news agency that 19-year-old Australians ...
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 alcohol poisoning: American and Australian tourists die, …
Nov 21, 2024 · An Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. The 19-year-old was visiting Vang Vieng, a town popular with backpackers. An American and two Danish tourists have also died, officials said, after reports that multiple people had been sickened in the town. (Produced by Luke Garratt)
More tourists die after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos as ... - CBS News
Nov 22, 2024 · Vang Vieng, Laos — A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, her family said Friday, bringing the death toll...
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.