Two Danes, two Australians, a Briton and an American have died from methanol poisoning after visiting Vang Vieng, an idyllic ...

A methanol poisoning incident in Vang Vieng, Laos, has resulted in six tourist deaths, including citizens from Australia, ...

The deaths of six backpackers this week, including British solicitor Simone White, has raised the spectre of a Laotian ...

It is believed their alcoholic drinks may have contained methanol, an industrial chemical often used in bootleg alcohol. For ...

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 ...

The U.S., Australia and U.K. have issued warnings for travelers in Vang Vieng after several tourists died in a suspected ...

The government of Laos has released its first statement in response to tourists becoming ill and dying from methanol ...

A second Australian teenager has died of suspected methanol poisoning, bringing to six the number of foreign tourists who ...

A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok ...

A second Australian woman who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, ...

The Laotian government on Saturday officially acknowledged the mass poisoning that has killed at least six tourists, pledging ...