Bethany Clarke’s dream backpacking trip turned into a nightmare when seemingly harmless free shots proved to be poison.

A travel agent whose 28-year-old daughter died from methanol poisoning while travelling in Laos is backing a petition for the dangers of methanol poisoning to be covered in the school curriculum – and ...

DOWNING shot after shot of vodka just hours after landing in New Zealand, backpacker Ashley King could feel herself becoming ...

VANG VIENG, Laos--A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, her family said Friday, bringing the death toll in ...

There were reports on Thursday that Vang Vieng Central Backpackers Hostel was available to book from August, but that appears to have been halted in the last 24 hours.

In one photo, showing a sign reading Vang Vieng Central Backpacker Hostel, a phone number is visible. The same number appears in messages, seen by Newsbeat, sent between Bethany and staff at the ...

Frankie, 23, says it's "horrendous" to think the business could "carry on like normal". " [Vang Vieng] is kind of empty in terms of backpackers. People are drinking, but it feels a bit eerie and ...

In one photo, showing a sign reading Vang Vieng Central Backpacker Hostel, a phone number is visible. The same number appears in messages, seen by Newsbeat, sent between Bethany and staff at the ...

The father of a Melbourne teenager who was fatally poisoned by tainted alcohol in Laos has vowed to stop the backpacker hostel at the centre of the tragedy from reopening under a different ...

Nana Backpackers has been rebranded as Vang Vieng Central Backpackers and is advertising for bookings online. New pictures taken this week in Laos show the site was undergoing painting and repair ...

Mr Bowles’ daughter Holly and her friend Bianca Jones had been drinking at the venue, which plans to reopen later this year under the name “Vang Vieng Central Backpackers Hostel”.