Backpacker hotspot Vang Vieng is in the spotlight following deaths of six tourists from suspected methanol poisoning.

The father of an Australian teenager who died from suspected methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a ...

Six travelers have died from suspected methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng, Laos. Most of these incidents occur in Asia, ...

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

Text messages from two Danish backpackers who died in a mass poisoning in Laos suggest the pair had been vomiting blood for ...

A major, transnational investigation is underway to determine how six people fell ill and died after downing free tainted ...

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

Melbourne teenagers Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, both aged 19, had been enjoying the trip of their young lives there when ...

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

An illegal trade in alcohol and drugs, and lax policing, made this week’s tragic deaths in Vang Vieng inevitable ...

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

Methanol poisoning is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition that arises when methanol—a type of alcohol widely ...