Vang Vieng: What to know about the Laos backpacker town at center of suspected methanol poisonings
The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town in Southeast Asia that has worked hard in recent years to shed its reputation for excess.
Vang Vieng had been reinvented as a centre for adventure tourism, but the tragic deaths of six backpackers have brought back ...
The local governor visited the hostel in which some of the victims were staying, promising justice for those responsible.
The Lao government is "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists from drinking alcohol contaminated with ...
They have stopped serving shots in the backpacker bars of Vang Vieng. The night spots of this south-east Asian tourist town ...
Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular ...
I still remember the first time I saw Vang Vieng, in Laos. It was many years ago, before the Chinese began pouring money in ...
Methanol poisoning in Laos has claimed six international tourists' lives, including Australian teens Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, after they consumed tainted drinks while backpacking in Vang Vieng.
A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died, according to a family ...
Vang Vieng - a tiny town on the Nam Song river surrounded by limestone mountains and paddy fields - is known for its scenery.
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