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

The victims were an American, two Danes, two Australians, and a Brit. Australia's prime minister called the ordeal "every ...

The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town in ...

ITV News' Asia Correspondent Debi Edward has been to Vang Vieng, Laos, where local bars have reassured visitors and ...

Another 19-year-old remains in critical condition as authorities say drinks in the backpacker town of Vang Vieng, Laos, were spiked with methanol Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told Parliament that 19-year-old Bianca Jones had died after being evacuated from Vang Vieng, Laos for treatment in a Thai hospital. Her friend ...

The venue’s manager is assisting police in the capital Vientiane while foreigners in Vang Vieng are being told not to drink ...

As two Australian best friends cling to life in Thailand hospitals after suspected methanol poisoning, a toxicology expert ...

Vang Vieng, Laos: Police have ordered the closure of the Laos ... The deaths have shocked the rundown but charming town.

Simone White, 28, a solicitor from Orpington in Kent, reportedly fell ill last week after she was thought to have accepted the drinks in the Vang Vieng area. Two Danes, an Australian and an ...

In addition to the American, two Danish tourists have also died after visiting Vang Vieng, a town popular with foreign backpackers – although officials have not determined their causes of death.