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

Methanol is sometimes added to mixed drinks at disreputable bars as a cheaper alternative to ethanol, but can cause severe ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos, as a ...

An American man was among at least six tourists who were killed in a mass alcohol poisoning case in a popular tourist town in ...

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 ...