A surge of stress-related drinking and alcohol-related deaths brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic in the US has not tapered ...

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

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 local governor visited the hostel in which some of the victims were staying, promising justice for those responsible.

Out on the river there is little sign that the poisonings are stopping people coming to Vang Vieng. Late November is peak ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) -- The Lao government is "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists from drinking alcohol contaminated with methanol and pledged to prosecute those responsible.

Six tourists, including Australians and a British woman, died in Laos, likely from methanol poisoning. The U.S. State ...

A growing list of countries warned of the potentially fatal consequences of drinking tainted alcohol in Laos, following the ...

Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20, and Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21, were among the six young people who died after drinking ...

The Laos government said Saturday it was “profoundly saddened” by the deaths of foreign tourists in Vang Vieng, with the toll ...

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.