Most people who want to get from Vientiane to Vang Vieng take the bus. The small, secluded town is a two-hour ride from ...

The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town in Southeast Asia that has worked hard in recent years to shed its reputation ...

They have stopped serving shots in the backpacker bars of Vang Vieng. The night spots of this south-east Asian tourist town ...

Once notorious as a debauched riverside party town, Vang Vieng had cleaned up its act in recent years, but is now in the headlines for all the wrong reasons once again. "Just make sure you push ...

Deadly Alcohol Poisoning Casts Shadow Over the Laotian Backpacker Town VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under spotlight for a mass ...

In 2012, the government closed down many of the cheap bars that catered to the backpacker crowd and pivoted toward becoming more of an adventure travel and eco-tourism hot spot. Vang Vieng and its ...